used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
abune
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From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
earlier than; in front of
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
boun
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From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
Boyd
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From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
branounUS /brɑː/
an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
bree
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From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
camnounUS /kæm/
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
dae
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From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
EdinburghnounUS /ˈedənbəroʊ/
the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
eenounUS /iː/
the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication
From this reading “Ettrick Forest is the fairest forest That ever man saw wi’ his ee.
Ettrick
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From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
at any time
From this reading “Ettrick Forest is the fairest forest That ever man saw wi’ his ee.
fairestadjectiveUS /ˈferɪst/
superlative of “fair” — free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading “Ettrick Forest is the fairest forest That ever man saw wi’ his ee.
forenounUS /fɔːr/
front part of a vessel or aircraft
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
ginnounUS /dʒɪn/
strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
hartnounUS /hɑːrt/
United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
hindnounUS /haɪnd/
any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
hollin
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From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
kneeled
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From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
go away from a place
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
limenounUS /laɪm/
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
lowlyadjectiveUS /ˈloʊli/
low or inferior in station or quality
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “Ettrick Forest is the fairest forest That ever man saw wi’ his ee.
nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/
impressive in appearance
From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
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 James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
OutlawnounUS /ˈaʊtlɔː/
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
pleasantlie
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From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
plentie
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From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
rae
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From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
sae
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From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
cut with a saw
From this reading “Ettrick Forest is the fairest forest That ever man saw wi’ his ee.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
plural of “stand” — a support or foundation
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
stane
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From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Ettrick Forest is the fairest forest That ever man saw wi’ his ee.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
There's
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From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
Twa
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From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
unicorns
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From this reading “There’s in the fore front o’ that Castle Twa unicorns, sae bra’ to see; There’s the picture of a Knight, and a Lady bright Wi’ the green hollin abune their bree.
accept gladly
From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Welcome, James Boyd!” said our noble King, “What forest is Ettrick Forest free?”
at the time that
From this reading James Boyd took his leave o’ the Outlaw keen, To Edinburgh boun’ is he; When James he cam’ before the King, He kneeled lowly on his knee.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading “Ettrick Forest is the fairest forest That ever man saw wi’ his ee.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “There’s the dae, the rae, the hart, the hind, And of a’ wild beasts great plentie; There’s a pretty Castle of lime and stane, Oh! gin it stands not pleasantlie!
