Chapter XVIII · The Frightened Surgeon

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

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

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

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

(poetic, literary) quickly

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

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

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

-ing form of “await” — look forward to the probable occurrence of

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

having or covered with or accompanied by blood

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

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From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

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

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

at any time

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

set up or found

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

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

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

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

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

destroyed or killed

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

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

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

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

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

annoy continually or chronically

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

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

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

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

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

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

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

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

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

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

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

the act of managing something

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

the force of workers available

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

capital of the state of Tennessee; located in the north central part of the state on the Cumberland River; known for country music

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

a raised horizontal surface

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

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

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

a smallest army unit

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

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

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

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

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

a source of difficulty

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

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

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

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

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

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

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

which person or people

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

belonging to which person

From this reading "Probably it was Corpril Elliott's good management," suggested Gid Mackall, whose hero-worship of Shorty grew apace.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

in the company of; together with

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading MUCH to their amazement, the boys waked up the next morning in Nashville, and found that they had passed through the "dark and bloody ground" of Kentucky absolutely without adventure.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading "It was fight from the word go with the other men from the minute they struck Kentucky."

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

From this reading "How in the world'd we ever git clean through the State without the least bit o' trouble?" asked Harry Joslyn, as they stood together on the platform awaiting the return of Si and Shorty, who had gone to see about their breakfast.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD.