used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
AberdeennounUS /ˈæbərdiːn/
a town in western Washington
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
AlbertnounUS /ˈælbərt/
prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
ance
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
barelyadverbUS /ˈberli/
only a very short time before
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
bauld
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From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
bideverbUS /baɪd/
dwell
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
blaw
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From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
daurna
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
dinna
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
take in solid food
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
eneuch
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
faem
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From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
gangnounUS /ɡæŋ/
an association of criminals
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
assemble or get together
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
gluttonie
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
gowd
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From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
gude
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From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
hadna
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From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
hae
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
hamenoun
stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
landsmen
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From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
leaguenounUS /liːɡ/
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
raise from a lower to a higher position
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
the force of workers available
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
monie
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
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 "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
PeelverbUS /piːl/
strip the skin off
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
saut-sea
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From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
term of address for a man
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
ta'en
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From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
that's
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
twa
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From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
wanadjectiveUS /wɑːn/
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And she has ta'en the silk and gowd, The like was never seen; And she has ta'en the Prince Albert, And the bauld Lord Aberdeen.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
WellingtonnounUS /ˈwelɪŋtən/
British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
at the time that
From this reading It fell upon the August month, When landsmen bide at hame, That our gude Queen went out to sail Upon the saut-sea faem.
a Caucasian
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading They hadna sailed a league, a league,-- A league, but barely twa, When the lift grew dark, and the waves grew wan, And the wind began to blaw.
WindsornounUS /ˈwɪnzər/
a city in southeastern Ontario on the Detroit River opposite Detroit
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Sir Robert Peel, To gather the red and the white monie; And see that my men dinna eat me up At Windsor wi' their gluttonie."
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
Ye'se
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From this reading "Ye'se bide at hame, Lord Wellington: Ye daurna gang wi' me: For ye hae been ance in the land o' France, And that's eneuch for ye.
