Chapter 9 of Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3) is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3) is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WATER KELPIE. * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P. 385. v. 2. The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
Chapter 9 of Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3) is here in full — 362 sentences across 73 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
From this reading “The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.”
possessive form of “fisher” — someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading “* * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.”
plural of “fish” — any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.”
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading “The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.”
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading “The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “WATER KELPIE.”
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From this reading 2.
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From this reading 385. v.
a scheming person; someone who schemes to gain an advantage
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
possessive form of “fisher” — someone whose occupation is catching fish
From this reading * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.
plural of “fish” — any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
travel through the air; be airborne
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
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From this reading * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.
(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders
From this reading WATER KELPIE.
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From this reading * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
not any; not one
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading The fishes, the hope of the angler, no more rose to the fly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * * * * * _The fisher's houp forgat to loup._--P.
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt
From this reading 385. v.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading WATER KELPIE.
Chapter 9 of Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3) by Walter Scott holds 362 sentences, grouped into 73 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 9 holds 362 sentences of Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 3 (of 3), unabridged, divided into 73 reading sections.
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