Chapter I · Chapter 1

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

(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 "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

enclosed in or set off by a border or box

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

an ardent follower and admirer

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “cat” — feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

From this reading People say that cats often have occasion to do it.

a young person of either sex

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

dearly loved

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading Did you ever hear a cat laugh?

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading People say that cats often have occasion to do it.

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

not still wet

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

at any time

From this reading Did you ever hear a cat laugh?

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

an ornamental facade

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Did you ever hear a cat laugh?

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

young domestic cat

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “kitten” — young domestic cat

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

immediately past

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the sound of laughing

From this reading Did you ever hear a cat laugh?

past form of “laugh” — produce laughter

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

the literary culture

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

characterized by grandeur

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

engage in

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

not any; not one

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading People say that cats often have occasion to do it.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

many times at short intervals

From this reading People say that cats often have occasion to do it.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

on one occasion

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

above and across; more than

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading People say that cats often have occasion to do it.

in an impudent or impertinent manner

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

obscene terms for female genitals

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “rat” — any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

cut with a saw

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

express in words

From this reading People say that cats often have occasion to do it.

perception by means of the eyes

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

in a sleepy manner

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

express in words

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading "Then make a new one," said the youngest kitten, so pertly that Mrs. Buff boxed her ears at once--but she laughed too.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

precisely as stated

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

clean with some chemical process

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

in or at the place that

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

which person or people

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the act of creating written works

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.

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

From this reading "You've heard all my stories," said the mother cat, sleepily turning over in the hay.

superlative of “young” — (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading London J. M. Dent & Co. Aldine House 29 & 30 Bedford Street 1899 W.C. PAGE "_I may have no nose, old man, but I smell rats_" _Frontispiece_ _Page_ _Nurse dried the poor, dear, cruelly-used kittens a little_ 11 _She was very beautiful_ 17 _I who superintended the writing of his letters_ 23 _So much better to go to sleep in front of it_ 27 _Now the back of a cow is the last place where you would look for a cat_ 33 "_I don't believe a word of it_" 43 _I was picked up in the street by a child_ 49 _The dog saw me off_ 53 _Seeing the tea set out, I got on the table_ 59 _Sitting up, and beginning to wash the kitten's face very hard indeed_ 73 _The man's arm dragged through the window-pane, and Tinker hanging on to his fingers_ 89 _It was a magnificent fight_ 106 _He pulled her out some ten yards down the stream_ 111 _Sat in the sun on the dyer's doorstep_ 117 _I took the first prize_ 127 Pussy Tales Too Clever by Half "TELL us a story, mother," said the youngest kitten but three.