Chapter I

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

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

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

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

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

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

possessive form of “andersen” — a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

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

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

possessive form of “book” — a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic “Reynard the Fox”

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

showing who or what does the action

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

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

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

prepare a hot meal

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

a place off to the side of an area

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

bearing an heraldic device

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

plural of “fable” — a deliberately false or improbable account

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a social unit living together

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

someone whose occupation is catching fish

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

avoiding waste

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

possessive form of “grimm” — the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

plural of “han” — imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

adult female chicken

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

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

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

a sweet yellow liquid produced by bees

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

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

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

an obligation to pay money to another party

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

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

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

a boy or man

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

the sound of laughing

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

possessive form of “lear” — British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

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From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

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

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

engage in

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

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From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

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From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

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From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

the force of workers available

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

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From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

the natural satellite of the Earth

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

used to form the superlative

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

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

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

no person; not anyone

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a message that seems to convey no meaning

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

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From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

a brief written record

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

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

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

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From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

have ownership or possession of

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

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From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

plural of “partner” — a person's partner in marriage

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

approval to do something

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

meat from a domestic hog or pig

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

superlative of “pretty” — pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

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

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic “Reynard the Fox”

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

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

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

move stealthily

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

plural of “son” — a male human offspring

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

third-person singular of “stoke” — stir up or tend; of a fire

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

of or relating to or characteristic of Sweden or its people or culture or language

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

plural of “tale” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

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

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

up to a particular time

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

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

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

one of the digits of the foot

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

a vagrant

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

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

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

the act of using

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

precisely as stated

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.

plural of “want” — a state of extreme poverty

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

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

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

which person or people

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

hope for; have a wish

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

plural of “wish” — a specific feeling of desire

From this reading _F. Warne & Company, for permission to use “The Money Box,” “The Happy Family,” and “It is Quite True,” from Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales._ _J. B. Lippincott, for permission to use “Manabozho and His Toe,” from North American Indian Fairy Tales; “The Three Wishes,” “If Heaven Will It,” and “The Fox and the Goose,” from Spanish Fairy Tales; “Hans in Luck,” “The Fox and the Cat,” “The Fisherman and His Wife,” and “The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales._

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading _The American Book Company, for permission to use “Little Tuppen,” from Fairy Stories and Fables._ _Little, Brown & Company, for permission to use “The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Round the World,” from Edward Lear’s Nonsense Books._ _F. A. Stokes Company, for permission to use “Little Black Mingo,” “The Lad and the Fox,” “The Old Woman and the Tramp,” “The Cook and the Crested Hen,” and “The Old Woman and the Fish,” from Fairy Tales from the Swedish; “One’s Own Children Always Prettiest,” and “The Princess whom Nobody Could Silence,” from Fairy Tales from the Far North._

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH NEW YORK THE MCCLURE COMPANY MCMVIII _Copyright, 1908, by The McClure Company_ _PUBLISHERS’ NOTE_ _The McClure Company wish to make acknowledgment of their indebtedness to the following publishers_:

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading _G. P. Putnam’s Sons, for permission to use “The Greedy Cat,” “Father Bruin in the Corner,” “The Pancake,” “The Death of Chanticleer,” “Reynard Wants to Taste Horse Flesh,” “Bruin and Reynard Partners,” “Pork and Honey,” and “Slip Root: Catch Reynard’s Foot,” from Tales from the Field; “The Most Frugal of Men,” “The Moon Cake,” “The Ladle that Fell from the Moon,” “The Young Head of the Family,” and “The Dreadful Boar,” from Chinese Nights Entertainment._

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading LAUGH NOR SMILE NOT, LITTLE FRIEND, NOR THE FIRST TALE READ TO END, TILL YOUR NAME BELOW IS SHOWN, AND THE BOOK’S YOUR VERY OWN.