used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
see with attention
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
bonnyadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːni/
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
bridegroomnounUS /ˈbraɪdɡruːm/
a man who has recently been married
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
dearly loved
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
an old word for “before”
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
kiss'd
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From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
lean'd
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From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
nae
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From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
saddle-bow
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From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lean'd her o er the saddle-bow, To give him a kiss ere she did go.
plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
stairnounUS /ster/
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
carry out
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
in or at that place or location
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Her mother dear led her through the close, And her brother John set her on her horse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
twainnounUS /tweɪn/
two items of the same kind
From this reading Her father dear led her down the stair, And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
past form of “wish” — hope for; have a wish
From this reading And there was nae man that did her see, But wished himself bridegroom to be.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The knight would take his bonny bride home, And many a lord and many a knight, Came to behold that lady bright.
