used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading She asked me if I didn't want to go to the Patent Office.
bein
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From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
Betsy
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From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
Bobbet's
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From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
Cicely
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From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
coincidin
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From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
creeter
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From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
delicater
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From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
didn't
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From this reading She asked me if I didn't want to go to the Patent Office.
errent
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From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
expresly
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From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
faggedadjective
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading She asked me if I didn't want to go to the Patent Office.
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She asked me if I didn't want to go to the Patent Office.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
Josiah
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From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
go away from a place
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
not any; not one
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
From this reading She asked me if I didn't want to go to the Patent Office.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
pailnounUS /peɪl/
a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
PatentverbUS /ˈpætənt/
obtain a patent for
From this reading She asked me if I didn't want to go to the Patent Office.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
sallied
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From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
SallynounUS /ˈsæli/
witty remark
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
seemin'ly
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From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
singuler
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From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
in or at that place or location
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading She asked me if I didn't want to go to the Patent Office.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a delicate little creeter always, and seemed to grow delicater every day.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
in the company of; together with
From this reading So Miss Smith went with me, and she and I sallied out alone: her name bein' Sally, too, made it seem more singuler and coincidin'.
wuzn't
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From this reading The next morning Cicely wuzn't able to leave her room,--no sick seemin'ly, but fagged out.
an affirmative
From this reading And I told her, “Yes,” And I told her of Betsy Bobbet's errent, and that Josiah had charged me expresly to go there, and get him a patent pail.
