used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
aftadverbUS /æft/
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
(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 hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--The varment!!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
Barney
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From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--The varment!!
bodilyadverbUS /ˈbɑːdəli/
in bodily form
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
catched
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From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
chickensnounUS /ˈtʃɪkənz/
plural of “chicken” — the flesh of a chicken used for food
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
countedverbUS /ˈkaʊntɪd/
past form of “count” — determine the number or amount of
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
countin
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From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
dearly loved
From this reading _Mrs. Shad._--Oh, dear, yes.
a quad with a square body
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
forenounUS /fɔːr/
front part of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--Humph--h--h!
only a very short time before
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
hawknounUS /hɔːk/
diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
hen'snounUS /henz/
possessive form of “hen” — adult female chicken
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
Humph
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From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--Humph--h--h!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
jist
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From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
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 hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--The varment!!
nat'ly
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From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
nestnounUS /nest/
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
not one, and not any
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading _Mrs. Shad._--Oh, dear, yes.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
ReednounUS /riːd/
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--The varment!!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
ShadnounUS /ʃæd/
bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
From this reading _Mrs. Shad._--Oh, dear, yes.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
speckleverbUS /ˈspekəl/
produce a mottled effect
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
Sucky
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From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
t'other
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From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--The varment!!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
thirty-nineadjective
being nine more than thirty
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
up to a particular time
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The hawk catched a powerful sight of them; and then the varment took to 'em, and nat'ly took 'em fore and aft, bodily, till they left most none at all hardly.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
varmentnoun
any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote
From this reading _Mrs. Reed and Mrs. Barney._--The varment!!
warn't
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From this reading Sucky counted 'em up t'other day, and there warn't but thirty-nine, she said, countin' in the old speckle hen's chickens that jist come off her nest.
an affirmative
From this reading _Mrs. Shad._--Oh, dear, yes.
