Chapter XXX

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

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

plural of “advantage” — the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

contrary to your interests or welfare

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

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

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

past form of “board” — get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

a port in southwestern Connecticut on Long Island Sound

From this reading EAST BRIDGEPORT.

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a female human offspring

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading EAST BRIDGEPORT.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a social unit living together

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

start firing a weapon

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

ranking above all others

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

yet to be or coming

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

valuable tough heavy hardwood from various hickory trees

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

having services engaged for a fee

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

plural of “inducement” — a positive motivational influence

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

past form of “knock” — deliver a sharp blow or push

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

joined in matrimony

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

plural of “probability” — a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

gradual improvement or growth or development

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

plural of “prospect” — the possibility of future success

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

move upward

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

an educational institution

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

plural of “settler” — a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

a male human offspring

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

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

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

radically distinctive and without equal

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

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

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Sometimes we boarded, and at other times we lived in a small hired house.

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

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.

Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976)

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading ANOTHER NEW HOME--LINDENCROFT--PROGRESS OF MY PET CITY--THE CHESTNUT WOOD FIRE--HOW IT BECAME OLD HICKORY--INDUCEMENTS TO SETTLERS--MY OFFER--EVERY MAN HIS OWN HOUSE-OWNER--WHISKEY AND TOBACCO--RISE IN REAL-ESTATE--PEMBROKE LAKE--WASHINGTON PARK--GREAT MANUFACTORIES--WHEELER AND WILSON--SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM--HOTCHKISS, SON AND COMPANY--STREET NAMES--MANY THOUSAND SHADE TREES--BUSINESS IN THE NEW CITY--UNPARALLELED GROWTH AND PROSPERITY--PROBABILITIES IN THE FUTURE--SITUATION OF BRIDGEPORT--ITS ADVANTAGES AND PROSPECTS--THE SECOND, IF NOT THE FOREMOST CITY IN CONNECTICUT.

a late time of life

From this reading For nearly five years my family had been knocked about, the sport of adverse fortune, without a settled home.

superlative of “young” — (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading Two of my daughters were married, and my youngest daughter, Pauline, was away at boarding school.