used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR A CLEW.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
tending to become more severe or wider in scope
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
Artha
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From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
a youthful male person
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
put or send forth
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
cautiouslyadverbUS /ˈkɔːʃəsli/
as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
a boy or man
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
Chatz
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From this reading Not so Chatz Maxfield.
CLEWnoun
a ball of yarn or cord or thread
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR A CLEW.
damnounUS /dæm/
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
Elmer
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From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
figuringnounUS /ˈfɪɡjərɪŋ/
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR A CLEW.
set up or found
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
lankyadjectiveUS /ˈlæŋki/
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
Lil
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From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
Maxfield
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From this reading Not so Chatz Maxfield.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
millverbUS /mɪl/
move about in a confused manner
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
moss-covered
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From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
Nat
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From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not so Chatz Maxfield.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
poolnounUS /puːl/
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
with speed
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
ScottnounUS /skɑːt/
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
scoutnounUS /skaʊt/
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR A CLEW.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
slippingadjectiveUS /ˈslɪpɪŋ/
moving as on a slippery surface
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not so Chatz Maxfield.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
suspiciousadjectiveUS /səˈspɪʃəs/
openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
great in vertical dimension; high in stature
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SEARCH FOR A CLEW.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
in or at that place or location
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtʌmbəlɪŋ/
the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Lil Artha had cast his eyes about him as he cautiously made his way along.
covered or soaked with a liquid such as water
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He seemed to be figuring on what chance there might be for an active chap like Nat Scott slipping on one of the wet and moss-covered stones, to go tumbling down toward that suspicious black pool.
wiryadjectiveUS /ˈwɪri/
lean and sinewy
From this reading Following the lead of Elmer, the tall lanky scout and the wiry Southern boy quickly found themselves at the other end of the mill dam.
