Chapter XIV

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

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

(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 Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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

From this reading EDINBURGH AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

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

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

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

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

the two together, not just one

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

United States labor leader who organized the longshoremen (1901-1990)

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

a large and stately mansion

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth

From this reading EDINBURGH AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

a quad with a square body

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length

From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

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

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

set up or found

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

(Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God

From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

plural of “garden” — a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

plural of “gather” — sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

ten 10s

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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

From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

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From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

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

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading EDINBURGH AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

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From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

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

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading EDINBURGH AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

many times at short intervals

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

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

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

past form of “perch” — sit, as on a branch

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture

From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

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From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

strange in an interesting or pleasing way

From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading EDINBURGH AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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From this reading The houses, with pinted ruffs and gabriel ends, are quaint and picturesque in the extreme, and interestin’.

the dialect of English used in Scotland

From this reading EDINBURGH AND MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

plural of “statute” — an act passed by a legislative body

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

plural of “street” — a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

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From this reading Between the new and the old is a gulf, as there often is, but partly filled up with a R. R. Station, and statutes and gardens and handsome bridges are throwed acrost it.

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

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.

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

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

plural of “vassal” — a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

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From this reading Wall, from Glasgow we went to Edinburgh, and we found that that wuz a beautiful city, beautiful, with the ancient castle perched up on the rocks four hundred feet above, and old Edinburgh a-lyin’ at its feet, like old Vassals that gathers round their Chieftan; all on ’em aged, but loth to part.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The streets of old Edinburgh are so narrer that you can almost reach to both sides of ’em and touch the houses.