1863
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From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
1876
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From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
49
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From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
Aberdeenshire
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From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
AlexandernounUS /ˌæləɡˈzændər/
European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
Alic
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From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
any thing at all
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
from appearances alone
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
a youthful male person
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
DatesnounUS /deɪts/
plural of “date” — the specified day of the month
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
remove the dust from
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
Fat's
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From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
glowerin
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From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The villagers shook their heads.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
inquisitiveadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈkwɪzɪtɪv/
showing curiosity
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
KirknounUS /kɜːrk/
a Scottish church
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
loonnounUS /luːn/
a worthless lazy fellow
From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
Mackay
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From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
a form of address for a man
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
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 "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
having great power or force or potency or effect
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
pulpitnounUS /ˈpʊlpɪt/
a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
Rhynie
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From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
scratchingnounUS /ˈskrætʃɪŋ/
a harsh noise made by scraping
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading The villagers shook their heads.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
stoor
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From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
thirteen-year-old
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From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
turnpikenounUS /ˈtɜːrnpaɪk/
(from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
villagersnounUS /ˈvɪlɪdʒərz/
plural of “villager” — one who has lived in a village most of their life
From this reading The villagers shook their heads.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The father was apparently scratching at the stones and dust with his stick.
structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The minister certainly was powerful in the pulpit, but his ways were more than they could understand.
which person or people
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading "Fat's the minister glowerin' at, wi' his loon Alic, among the stoor o' the turnpike?"[49] asked the villagers of one another.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "A MAN WHO CAN TURN HIS HAND TO ANYTHING" _Alexander Mackay_ (Dates 1863-1876) The inquisitive village folk stared over their garden gates at Mr. Mackay, the minister of the Free Kirk of Rhynie, a small Aberdeenshire village, as he stood with his thirteen-year-old boy gazing into the road at their feet.
