Chapter II

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

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

tending to become more severe or wider in scope

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

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

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

(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 _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

move up and down repeatedly

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

cause to be bored

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

noisy like the sound of a bee

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

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From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

behave as expected during of holidays or rites

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

-ing form of “clatter” — make a rattling sound

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

in a willing manner

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

-ing form of “grunt” — issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

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

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

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From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

plural of “hog” — a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

sing with closed lips

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

a stringed instrument that produces sounds by means of a wheel that rubs against the strings

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

plural of “hymn” — a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

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

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

heighten or intensify

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

a device that requires skill for proper use

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

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From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

plural of “jump” — a sudden and decisive increase

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

immediately past

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

bestow a quality on

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

full of trivial conversation

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

a female domestic

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

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From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

eminent beyond or above comparison

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

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

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

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

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

possession of controlling influence

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

an expression of approval and commendation

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

raise the level or amount of something

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

small Old World songbird with a reddish breast

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

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From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

marked by absence of sound

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

moving slowly

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

a particular environment or walk of life

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

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From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

plural of “strain” — (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

plural of “stump” — the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

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From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

sound with a monotonous hum

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

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

From this reading _Air._ Each ruddy-breasted Robin The concert bore a Bob in, And ev’ry hooting Owl around; The croaking Frogs, The grunting Hogs, All, all conspir’d to raise th’ enliv’ning Sound.

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 _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

cause to sound with a twang

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.

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From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

at the time that

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading _Last Grand Chorus._ Such matchless strains Cecilia knew, When audience from their heavenly sphere, By Harmony’s Strong Power, she drew, Whilst list’ning angels gladly stoop’d to hear.

ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

From this reading The Salt Box with clattering and clapping shall sound, The Iron lyre Buzzing twang with wav’ring wire, With heavy hum The Sober Hurdy-Gurdy thrum, And the Merry Merry Marrow-Bones ring round.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Recitative._ With majick sounds, like these, did Orpheus’ lyre, Motion, Sense, and Life inspire; When, as he play’d, the list’ning flood Still’d its loquacious waves, and silent stood; The Trees swift-bounding danc’d with loosen’d stumps, And sluggish stones caper’d in active jumps.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _Recitative._ Now to Cecilia, heav’nly maid, Your loud united voices raise: With solemn hymns to celebrate her Praise, Each instrument shall lend it’s aid.