Chapter V · Chapter 5

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

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

to or in a foreign country

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

past form of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

give encouragement to

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading _Fra th’ Corrispondant o’th’ Hoylus End Mercury_.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

plural of “disaster” — a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading _Fra th’ Corrispondant o’th’ Hoylus End Mercury_.

plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

full of events or incidents

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

more distant in especially space or time

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

give a thrashing to; beat hard

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

people in general (often used in the plural)

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

your parents

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading _Fra th’ Corrispondant o’th’ Hoylus End Mercury_.

look with amazement; look stupidly

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

an open box attached to a long pole handle; bricks or mortar are carried on the shoulder

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading _Fra th’ Corrispondant o’th’ Hoylus End Mercury_.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

comparative of “iv” — being one more than three

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

and nothing more

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

immediately past

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

roused to anger

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

From this reading _Fra th’ Corrispondant o’th’ Hoylus End Mercury_.

destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading _Fra th’ Corrispondant o’th’ Hoylus End Mercury_.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

have the will and intention to carry out some action

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

the part of an animal that corresponds to the human buttocks

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

cut with a saw

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

-ing form of “swallow” — pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

express in words

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day

From this reading _Fra th’ Corrispondant o’th’ Hoylus End Mercury_.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

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

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading “The last Scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history.”

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

a fact that has been verified

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

expressing or given to expressing the truth

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

make an effort or attempt

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

a midwestern state in north central United States

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading I know yo’d be mad as soin as yo heard, Abaat that oud kaa at belonged to Blue Beard, For I like as I saw yo just hod of its tail, And braying it rump wi th’ end o’ yor flail; For I wisht monny a time at yo’d been here, For swallowing th’ plan yo’d a geen it wat cheer.

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

From this reading Ha iver, good folk, I’ll try to be breef, For I know yo’re i’ pain and I’ll give yo releef— So to tell yo the truth in a plain honest way, Th’ railroad is finish’d an oppen’d to-day; An’ I’ve tain up mi pen, for ill yo’d a tain’t If I hedn’t a geen yo a truthful ackaant.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.

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From this reading Good folks, you’ve inkwired at home and abroad, Ha we’re gettin’ on wi wur famous railroad; And wen I’ve tell’d yo th’ disasters we’ve hed, Yo’ve greev’d monny a time wal yo’ve tain to yor bed, But ha yo will gape wen yo read farther daan, Wat famons big stirrins we’ve hed up i’th’ taan.