used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
allygator
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From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
can't
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From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
a young person of either sex
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
circumventverbUS /ˌsɜːrkəmˈvent/
surround so as to force to give up
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
clearin
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From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading Let us halt hyar till the dark comes on.
travel across or pass over
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Let us halt hyar till the dark comes on.
dasent
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From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
don't
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From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
durned
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From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
a quad with a square body
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
haltverbUS /hɔːlt/
cause to stop
From this reading Let us halt hyar till the dark comes on.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
hyar
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From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
it's
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From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
Jim
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From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
kinnounUS /kɪn/
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let us halt hyar till the dark comes on.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Ne'er a mind!
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
Ne'eradverbUS /ner/
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Ne'er a mind!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Let us halt hyar till the dark comes on.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
roun
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From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
scareverbUS /sker/
cause fear in
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
stealverbUS /stiːl/
take without the owner's consent
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
carry out
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
a special situation
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
up to a particular time
From this reading Let us halt hyar till the dark comes on.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
to-night
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From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
tother
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From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
ud
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From this reading It 'ud take a twenty mile ride to circumvent the durned thing.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let us halt hyar till the dark comes on.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We can't get at 'em to-night, boys," said he, after much talk had been spent; "we dasent cross over this hyar clearin' by daylight, an' it's too big to git roun' it.
Weatherford
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From this reading Then we kin steal across; an' if me an' Jim Weatherford don't scare up the trail on the tother side, then this child never ate allygator.
