Chapter I

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Otherwise his appearance was above reproach.

(followed by “to”) in agreement with or accordant with

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the action of accomplishing something

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

in the past

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

(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 _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

From this reading Otherwise his appearance was above reproach.

relating to or characteristic of art or artists

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

make certain of

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

for the reason that

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

manner of acting or controlling yourself

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

the sacred writings of the Christian religions

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

stick of wax with a wick in the middle

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

a timepiece that shows the time of day

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a group of people living in a particular local area

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

accepted or habitual practice

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

absence of light or illumination

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

bad; unfortunate

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

give a description of

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

plural of “disciple” — someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

unpleasantly

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

suitable to or characteristic of drama

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the period of time during which something continues

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

capacity or power to produce a desired effect

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

at any time

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

make plain and comprehensible

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

conformity with rules or standards

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

a movable barrier in a fence or wall

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a marketplace where groceries are sold

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

an established custom

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

a half of an hour

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

past form of “halt” — cause to stop

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

prevent from being seen or discovered

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

made or produced in the home or by yourself

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

close in time; about to occur

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a single distinct event

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

incapable of being explained or accounted for

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the month following June and preceding August

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

the month following May and preceding July

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

and nothing more

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

a change downward

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a woman of refinement

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

any art that invokes supernatural powers

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

unhurried and relaxed

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

used to form the superlative

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a form of address for a man

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

plural of “neighbor” — a person who lives (or is located) near another

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

not one and not the other of two

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the decade from 1890 to 1899

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

not any; not one

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the middle of the day

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

and nothing more

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

in other respects or ways

From this reading Otherwise his appearance was above reproach.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

above and across; more than

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

past form of “recite” — recite in elocution

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a mild rebuke or criticism

From this reading Otherwise his appearance was above reproach.

a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

past form of “shine” — be bright by reflecting or casting light

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

term of address for a man

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

being three more than sixty

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

relating to human society and its members

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

plural of “specialist” — an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

past form of “sponsor” — assume sponsorship of

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

distribute or disperse widely

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the season of growth

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

having a supporting base

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick involuntary movement

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

come to a halt, stop moving

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

treat with sulphur in order to preserve

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

lighted by sunlight

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

changing location by moving back and forth

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

travel across or pass over

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

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From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

not known

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

not seen or perceived

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

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

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

a formal word for “on”

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

precisely as stated

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

indecision in speech or action

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

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From this reading For years, during the months of May, June, July, August, and September, it had been Mr. Wescott’s deplorable custom to traverse the distance between his law office over the village grocery store and his home with his collar and tie in his left hand.

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From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

at the time that

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a Caucasian

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

which person or people

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading Now, at the imminent risk of ruining the artistic value of this story,--for we know only too well what it means to stop a truly dramatic incident when it wants to go on,--we must, in all fairness to the father of the four Wescotts, on the one hand, describe--since we cannot explain--a certain distressingly peculiar habit of his, and on the other, assure our readers that neither he nor his wife nor his four children had ever because of it suffered the slightest lessening of social standing in their community.

in the company of; together with

From this reading At high noon, just as the church clock was sending twelve mellow, wavering notes down through the sunlit air to cling unseen to tree-tops or to hide in daisy fields--at high noon he came up the street in full view of his neighbors, and halted with no apparent embarrassment before his four awestruck children, _wearing his collar and tie_!

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

a late time of life

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.

an affirmative

From this reading _His candle shined upon my head, and ... by His light I walked through darkness...._ _My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch._ THE BOOK OF JOB CONCERNING A COLLAR AND TIE Long years ago, in those speedless days of the late nineties when children dropped homemade curtsies and said, “Yes, ma’am” and “No, sir” quite as a matter of course, when they recited the sixty-three books of the Bible, the kings of Israel, and the twelve disciples according to St. Matthew without the least idea of achievement, when baby specialists and motion pictures were almost unknown, and when the efficacy of springtime asafœtida-bags and of sulphur and molasses taken according to the magic rule of three was sponsored by the most intelligent of parents--years ago, on a certain warm day very early in the month of June, the four Wescott children, who were swinging on a white gate beneath great elm trees, were startled by the most curious and, for the duration of a long half-hour, quite inexplicable behavior on the part of their father.