used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
abune
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From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
awa
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From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
barelyadverbUS /ˈberli/
only a very short time before
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
next to; at the side of
From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
braidedadjectiveUS /ˈbreɪdɪd/
woven by (or as if by) braiding
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
bree
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From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
Carterhaugh
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From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
cumnounUS /kʌm/
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
fairestadjectiveUS /ˈferɪst/
superlative of “fair” — free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
fand
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From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
forbidverbUS /fərˈbɪd/
command against
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
gae
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From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
gaed
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From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
gangnounUS /ɡæŋ/
an association of criminals
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
gowd
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From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
hadna
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From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
himsell
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From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
I'll
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From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
Janet
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From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
Janet's
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From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
kilted
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From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
kinnounUS /kɪn/
a person having kinship with another or others
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
kirtlenoun
a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
go away from a place
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
maidensnounUS /ˈmeɪdənz/
plural of “maiden” — an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
nae
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From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
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 “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
pu'd
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From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
spake
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From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
having a supporting base
From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
startsnounUS /stɑːrts/
plural of “start” — the beginning of anything
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
steednounUS /stiːd/
(literary) a spirited horse for state of war
From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
Tamlane
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From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
up to a particular time
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But up then spake her, fair Janet, The fairest o’ a’ her kin; “I’ll cum and gang to Carterhaugh, And ask nae leave o’ him.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
be dressed in
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
weeadjectiveUS /wiː/
(used informally) very small
From this reading She hadna pu’d a red red rose, A rose but barely three; Till up and starts a wee wee man, At lady Janet’s knee.
(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 And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
at the time that
From this reading And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But awa was himsell.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “O I forbid ye, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tamlane is there.”
