Chapter XXXV

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

From this reading THE QUEEN, ULALEY, AND A BULL-FIGHT.

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From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

used to show sadness, pity, or regret

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

(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 Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading THE QUEEN, ULALEY, AND A BULL-FIGHT.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

to or from every one of two or more (considered individually)

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

in a state of sleep

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

an alloy of copper and zinc

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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From this reading THE QUEEN, ULALEY, AND A BULL-FIGHT.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

a building occupied by a state legislature

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

plural of “carriage” — a railcar where passengers ride

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

plural of “don” — a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

cause to move by pulling

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

a quad with a square body

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

being always present

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

past form of “fold” — bend or lay so that one part covers the other

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

coins made of gold

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

plural of “harness” — a support consisting of an arrangement of straps for holding something to the body (especially one supporting a person suspended from a parachute)

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

comparative of “humble” — low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

plural of “incident” — a single distinct event

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

comparative of “kind” — having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

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From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

plural of “mule” — hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

on one occasion

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

and nothing more

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

above and across; more than

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

third-person singular of “overcome” — win a victory over

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

plural of “pang” — a sudden sharp feeling

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

go across or through

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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 THE QUEEN, ULALEY, AND A BULL-FIGHT.

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From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

plural of “spaniard” — a native or inhabitant of Spain

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

having great beauty and splendor

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

not in physical motion

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

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From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading THE QUEEN, ULALEY, AND A BULL-FIGHT.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

made neat and tidy by trimming

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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From this reading THE QUEEN, ULALEY, AND A BULL-FIGHT.

plural of “vehicle” — a conveyance that transports people or objects

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

precisely as stated

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

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, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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

From this reading Martin and the children and Al Faizi went out a good deal to see all the strange, new sights of the Spanish capitol.

at the time that

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

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

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.

a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism)

From this reading I will draw a curtain of cretonne over the incidents of our tegus, tegus journey, and only draw it back agin, on its hot, dry, brass rings, when we are once more settled down in a middlin’ good tarvern at Madrid--I a-settin’ by the winder and Josiah a-layin’ on the bed fast asleep, the dressin’-gown folded lovin’ly round his small-boneded figger.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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From this reading Wall, we had a very fatiguin’ journey, durin’ which I will pass over the sufferin’s of my pardner from the hot, dry climate, the ever-present pangs of hunger, that wuz always with him, and the fraxiousness, that, alas! always overcomes him at sech tuckerin’ times.

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From this reading But I took considerable comfort a-settin’ still in as comfortable a chair as I could find, a-lookin’ down on the Spaniards and their kinder queer-lookin’ housen, and the strange costooms and ways of another country-- The tall, hauty-lookin’ Dons a-walkin’ along as if the ground wuzn’t quite good enough for ’em to walk on, and the dark-eyed wimmen, and the children, and the beggars, and the splendid carriages, some on ’em drawed by six horses apiece, and their harnesses all glitterin’ with gold, and the humbler vehicles drawed by mules, and these mules trimmed off beautiful, too, and, etc., etc., etc.