Chapter II

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

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

perfect or complete or pure

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

anew

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

(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 But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

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

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

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

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

capable of wounding

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

-ing form of “bridge” — connect or reduce the distance between

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

past form of “caress” — touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

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From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

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From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a space into which an area is subdivided

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

carefully weighed

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

plural of “degree” — a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

in a dim indistinct manner

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

someone who is dreaming

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

make void or empty of contents

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

give expression to

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

to certain extent or degree

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

plural of “flame” — the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For ice was within the car, as without.

(of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

past form of “gain” — obtain

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

ornamental objects of no great value

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a young female

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

befitting or characteristic of a young girl

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

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From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

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

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

ten 10s

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

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From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

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

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

cannot be removed or erased

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

and nothing more

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

From this reading Pemrose had kept her word about not speaking.

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

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

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

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From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

move something or somebody to a lower position

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

being nothing more than specified

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

a particular point in time

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

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From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

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From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Pemrose had kept her word about not speaking.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

and nothing more

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

past form of “peer” — look searchingly

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

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From this reading Pemrose had kept her word about not speaking.

hard monotonous routine work

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

the act of physically reaching or thrusting out

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

recurring again and again

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

cut with a saw

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

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

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

the unlimited expanse in which everything is located

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

the utterance of intelligible speech

From this reading Pemrose had kept her word about not speaking.

an optical instrument for spectrographic analysis

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

abounding with or resembling stars

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

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

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

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From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

past form of “view” — deem to be

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

plural of “vision” — a vivid mental image

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

in a wary manner

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading GIMCRACK ICE She was thinking of it two hours later--having gained her coaxing point--seated in the well-nigh empty parlor car of the north-bound express, that green-aisled Pullman being the first car behind the cab and plodding engine which, regardless of schedule, crept along slowly and warily to-day upon ice-shod rails.

during the time that

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

belonging to which person

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

in the company of; together with

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading For ice was within the car, as without.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading For ice was within the car, as without.

past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading Pemrose had kept her word about not speaking.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

plural of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading But as she caressed the honorable thumb--the little girlish member which would press the button while all the world wondered--and peered out through a window fairly frosted, lo! again she saw a landscape dimly in flames--blood-red--as viewed through the spectroscope of her own raging thoughts.

indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration

From this reading There--there, seated almost on a line with her, on the other side of the moss-green aisle, and only three other distant passengers in the compartment, was the girl whose caricaturing tongue had repeated the indelible insult about a Quaker gun; whose mother considered her father a mere chuckle-headed dreamer, with his visions of bridging the absolute zero of space--just a mild three hundred degrees, or so, lower than the biting breath of Mother Earth at the present moment--and reaching worlds far away amid the starry scope.