Chapter IV · That Tobacco Upset

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

weapons considered collectively

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

make by braiding or interlacing

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

a general officer ranking below a major general

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

plural of “button” — a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The war was fought by boys, not men;--like every other war.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

plural of “corner” — a place off to the side of an area

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

covered with a layer of dust

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading The war was fought by boys, not men;--like every other war.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

plural of “flag” — emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading The war was fought by boys, not men;--like every other war.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

coins made of gold

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

let have

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

set down according to a plan

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading The war was fought by boys, not men;--like every other war.

the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

the force of workers available

From this reading The war was fought by boys, not men;--like every other war.

break down

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

expressing sorrow

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

on one occasion

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The war was fought by boys, not men;--like every other war.

past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

plural of “rebel” — “Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

plural of “stave” — (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

past form of “surrender” — give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

a person loved by another person

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

closely constrained or constricted or constricting

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

in the direction of

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty and one

From this reading I was twenty-one at the time; my majority arrived on the day when Lee piled his arms and surrendered to Grant at Appomatox.

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

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

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

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

at the time that

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.

flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

From this reading That was not strange, my friends, in a time when boys of twenty-two were wearing the wreath of a brigadier.

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 When the war was done and the battle flags of that confederacy which had been my sweetheart were rolled tight to their staves and laid away in mournful, dusty corners to moulder and be forgot, I cut those buttons and gold ends of braid from my uniform, which told of me as a once captain of rebels, and turned my face towards New York.