Chapter I

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

(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 Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

Having no one else present.

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

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

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

the month following July and preceding September

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

plural of “author” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a flexible container with a single opening

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

a light cylindrical box for holding light articles of attire (especially hats)

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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 Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding food or liquids

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

an alloy of copper and zinc

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

put or send forth

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

extremely robust

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

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From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

a room used for dining

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

move gently or carefully

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

the feeling of being bored by something tedious

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

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

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

set up or found

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a man of refinement

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

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

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

someone who hunts game

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

totally unlikely

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

long and thin and often limp

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

lacking companions or companionship

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

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

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

in a moody manner

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a small quantity of anything

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a form of address for a man

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

-ing form of “munch” — chew noisily

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

not any; not one

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

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

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

and nothing more

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

an excavation that is (usually) filled with water

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

indicating exactness or preciseness

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

Based on or in accordance with reason or logic rather than turbulent emotions.

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

Identical; not different.

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

bitter or scornful

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

sexually exciting or gratifying

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

a quantity of money

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

in a surprising manner

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

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

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

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

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

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

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading He was alone and he was lonely; he was an American and a man of sentiment (though he didn't look _that_) and he wanted to go home; to sum up, he found himself in love and in London at one and the same time, and felt precisely as ill at ease in the one as in the other of these, to him, exotic circumstances.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading The Bandbox Cynthia-of-the-Minute No Man's Land The Fortune Hunter The Pool of Flame The Bronze Bell The Black Bag The Brass Bowl The Private War Terence O'Rourke Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell," "Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

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

From this reading A long, lank gentleman, surprisingly thin, of a slightly saturnine cast: he was not only unhappy, he looked it.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

in the company of; together with

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

showing curiosity

From this reading With Four Illustrations By ARTHUR I. KELLER At half-past two of a sunny, sultry afternoon late in the month of August, Mr. Benjamin Staff sat at table in the dining-room of the Authors' Club, moodily munching a morsel of cheese and a segment of cast-iron biscuit and wondering what he must do to be saved from the death-in-life of sheer ennui.

desire strongly or persistently

From this reading Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.

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 Inconceivable as it may seem that any rational man should yearn for New York in August, that and nothing less was what Staff wanted with all his heart.