Chapter III · Chapter 3

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

later than; following

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

anew

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

(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 The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

lacking or showing a lack of due concern

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

lacking funds

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

the condition of being without offspring

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

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

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

stopped up; clogged up

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

heedful of potential consequences

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

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From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

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From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

possessive form of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

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From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

at any time

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

opinion or judgment

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading Then their father married, and they were taken to the new home.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

completed to perfection

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

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

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Then their father married, and they were taken to the new home.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

possessive form of “john” — a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

set down according to a plan

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

the sound of laughing

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

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

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

joined in matrimony

From this reading Then their father married, and they were taken to the new home.

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading Then their father married, and they were taken to the new home.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

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 Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

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

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

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

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

on one occasion

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

above and across; more than

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

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

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

worthless or oversimplified ideas

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

the state prevailing during the absence of war

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

participate in games or sport

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

A prediction of what will happen in the future, often divinely or magically inspired.

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

expect, believe, or suppose

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

not used up

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

past form of “resume” — take up or begin anew

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

weep convulsively

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading Then their father married, and they were taken to the new home.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then their father married, and they were taken to the new home.

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

From this reading Then their father married, and they were taken to the new home.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

communicated in words

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

precisely as stated

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

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

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.

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

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

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

From this reading The one cry broke forth from Cornelia which she ever uttered through all her long grief of childlessness: “Oh, but, Dr. Pastergood, I wanted mine--my own--and John's!

a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Oh, I reckon it was idolatry the way I felt in my heart; I thought, to have a little trick-bone o' my bone, flesh o' my flesh--look up at me with John's eyes--” A sob choked her utterance, and never again was it resumed.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading The very next year after their baby was laid away, John's older brother, Jeff, lost his wife, and the three little children Mandy left were brought at once to them, remaining in peace and welfare for something over a year (Jeff was a circumspect widower), making the place blithe with their laughter and their play.

a late time of life

From this reading In the years that followed, the pair--already come to be called Pap Overholt and Aunt Cornely--well fulfilled the old doctor's prophecy.