Chapter XXXV · Chapter 35

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

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

(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 “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

to strive with determination

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

possessive form of “carrier” — someone whose employment involves carrying something

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

a target used in archery

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

an old form of “did”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

past form of “farm” — be a farmer; work as a farmer

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

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

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

an expression of greeting

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

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

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

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

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

a female domestic

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

the officer below the master on a commercial ship

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

cut slightly, with a razor

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

not any; not one

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

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

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

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

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

on one occasion

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

bulge outward

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

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

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

in a vehement outcry

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

term of address for a man

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

inflected form of “spy” — catch sight of

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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 “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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 “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

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

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

in or at that place or location

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

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

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

English writer (1925-1994)

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

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

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

traveling (especially on foot)

From this reading WAYFARING HOME At Kensington watering-place, five miles from London town, Nick held the pail for the horses of the Oxford man.

(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 “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

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

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

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

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “What, John!” he shouted, “thou saidst there were no more!”

in or at the place that

From this reading “Hello, my buck!” quoth he, and stared at Nick; “where under the sun didst pop from all at once?” and, looking up, spied Cicely upon the carrier’s wain.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

in the company of; together with

From this reading “No more there weren’t, sir,” said John, “but there be now”; and out with the whole story.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

but in spite of that

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!

distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)

From this reading “Well, I ha’ farmed for fifty year,” cried honest Roger Clout, “yet never have I seen the mate to yonder little maid, nor heard the like o’ such a tale!