Chapter IV

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From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

(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 To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

third-person singular of “attend” — be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

-ing form of “bask” — derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

overtaken by night or darkness

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

a line that indicates a boundary

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

shop around; not necessarily buying

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed forward

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

travel across or pass over

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

a small wooded hollow

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

interchangeable with “means” in the expression “by means of”

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

the boundary of a surface

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

address a question to and expect an answer from

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

plural of “ewe” — a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

extend in scope or range or area

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

record in a public office or in a court of law

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

United States film maker (1896-1973)

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

set up or found

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

castrated male horse

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

plural of “heel” — the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

a Scottish church

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

temporary living quarters

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

plural of “main” — any very large body of (salt) water

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

march in a procession

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

move about in a confused manner

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

secure in or as if in a berth or dock

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

throughout a period of time

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

the most extreme possible amount or value

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

the back of a military formation or procession

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

pull back or move away or backward

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

arrange the outcome of by means of deceit

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

try to get or reach

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

plural of “skirt” — cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

very large in expanse or scope

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

move hurridly

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

gush forth in a sudden stream or jet

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

(literary) a spirited horse for state of war

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

not in physical motion

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading To Prendick Peak, and Alnham Moor, And all adjacent grounds; O’er Ingram Edge, I stretch’d my tour, To seek that spacious bounds: From Revely, Greenshaws, Hartside Hill, To Linhope Spout with speed; On Shillmoor Shank found strayers still, To Rawhope Rig recede.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

in or at that place or location

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

up to a particular time

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

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From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Benighted, where these brutes did browse, Upon the border bent; I could not retrogade my ewes, Some couchant seem’d content: At the stock-farmer of that place, For lodgings did enquire, And there receiv’d a sweet solace, Next morning to retire.

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From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

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

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.

in or at the place that

From this reading _March 6th, 1811._ Good fortune still attends the brave, As at an early hour, Intelligence a stranger gave, Where to extend my tour: I sprung my gelding to full speed, ’Till I explor’d the spot, And found by dint of heels my steed To the rear rank had got.

abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

From this reading To Milkhope, Memmer Kirk, and Haigh, And Cushet Law I por’d; To Carlcroft, and Kidlandlea, Dryhope, and Usway Ford: The Maiden’s Cross, and Windy Gyle, And Cheviot’s skirts curv’d round; To Fleehope--but the front-rank file At Langlee Ford I found.

in the company of; together with

From this reading First three I found on Thropton Hill, There basking with their brood; The rest were seen from Snitter Mill, Past Cartington to crowd: From Silverside, by Lorbottle, To Trewhit Mains I march’d, By Netherton, through Screnwood Dell, And Fawdon Fell I search’d.