Chapter I · Chapter 1

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

consider or hold as true

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

gotten through environmental forces

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

acquired as your own by free choice

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

later than; following

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

anew

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

frightening because of an awareness of danger

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

(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 However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

past form of “balk” — refuse to comply

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the two together, not just one

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

plural of “care” — the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

past form of “cheer” — give encouragement to

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a person who is in charge

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

group of people related by blood or marriage

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

-ing form of “concern” — be relevant to

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

greatly pleased

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

take in solid food

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

plural of “effort” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

one or the other of two

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

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From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the power to withstand hardship or stress

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

an item of information that is typical of a class or group

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

someone whose occupation is catching fish

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

having been flattened

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the act of departing

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

made of sheep's or calf's viscera minced with oatmeal and suet and onions and boiled in the animal's stomach

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

with gusto and without reservation

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

fasten with a hook

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

intense and profound fear

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the lack of knowledge or education

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

making a strong or vivid impression

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

unbiased impartial unconcern

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

a message received and understood

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

third-person singular of “invent” — come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

past form of “jeer” — laugh at with contempt and derision

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

determine the result of (a competition)

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading LADY GAY'S SELECTIONS.

owning or consisting of land or real estate

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

an intermediate platform in a staircase

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

immediately past

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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 By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

a particular point in time

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

used to form the superlative

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the central area of a church

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

not any; not one

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

impressive in appearance

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

in an obtrusive manner

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

on one occasion

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

and nothing more

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

situated in a particular spot or position

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956)

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

a disdainful grimace

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

skillful after much practice

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

like better; value more highly

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

past form of “pull” — cause to move by pulling

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

on the contrary

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

To recall to mind.

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

action taken in return for an injury or offense

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

precisely, exactly

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

disposed toward or having views based on what is right

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

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From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

past form of “rouse” — become active

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

express in words

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

a native or inhabitant of Scotland

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

plural of “selection” — the act of choosing or selecting

From this reading LADY GAY'S SELECTIONS.

comparative of “short” — primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

with one side forward or to the front

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

important in effect or meaning

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

being or characteristic of a single thing or person

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

emotionally aroused

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

refer for judgment or consideration

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

a sudden outburst of anger

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

in or at that place or location

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

plural of “think” — an instance of deliberate thinking

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

make an effort or attempt

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

(usually followed by “to”) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

plural of “variety” — a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

precisely as stated

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

wanting in physical strength

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

characterized by good organization and control

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

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From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

in or at the place that

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

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

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

which person or people

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

in the company of; together with

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?

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

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

From this reading _Yacht "Ibex," Weymouth._ Once again "my foot is on my native heath."--(I don't know where this quotation comes from, but presume the author of it had lost a leg, or he would have placed _his feet_ there--or else he must have had one leg shorter than the other, and so _couldn't_ put both down at once!)--and heartily glad I am to be there--we had a most alarming passage from Jersey, and I thought every moment would be my last--(_for a time_)--but I was cheered and stimulated to endurance by the noble example of my friend and fellow-passenger The MACDOUGAL--Chief of the Clan--who was obtrusively well up to lunch-time!--but I had my revenge then, for he was unable to face the dish of Haggis that I am given to understand every right-minded Scotchman thinks it his duty to eat at least once a day.

water travel for pleasure

From this reading I have no personal animosity against the humble but lovely-looking mackerel; but I was weak enough to accept an invitation to go fishing for them, and you may imagine my horror at being "roused out,"--(yachting expression, _very_ significant)--at _three_ in the morning to go and capture them!--or at least to _try_--for as a matter of fact, we didn't get a single one--and my temper was "roused out" before we'd finished, for no well-conducted woman cares to be balked in her efforts to "hook a big fish,"--and all I could catch were a few small "Pollock" and "Pout."

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading However, "I pulled through all right," as Lord ARTHUR would say, and was so delighted with my sailor-like indifference to the "rolling-sea," that I adopted a rolling-walk on landing, which was most impressive, to judge from the staring of the inhabitants of Weymouth!--(I may confess to _you_ that I couldn't help myself; everything was going up and down and sideways, for _hours_ after I landed, and I really think the sea ought to be done away with, or flattened out by some means!--there's a fortune for the man who invents the machine which will do it!)--I should prefer it done away with myself, as then there would be no mackerel-fishing!

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading By the way, who on earth christens the fish, I wonder?--and why on earth--or rather in sea--are there so many varieties which you must either remember or submit to nave your ignorance jeered at by the practised fisherman, who has probably acquired his information concerning them only the day before?