Chapter IV

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

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

how long something has existed

From this reading In dress she was scrupulously neat, though in the dress of some pre-historic age.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

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

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

the month following March and preceding May

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

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

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

for the reason that

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

confined by bonds

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

a person who is in charge

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

(birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

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From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

provide a cure for, make healthy again

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

put on clothes

From this reading In dress she was scrupulously neat, though in the dress of some pre-historic age.

an item of information that is typical of a class or group

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

opinion or judgment

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

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

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

set up or found

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

a polite name for any woman

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

set afire or burning

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

temporary living quarters

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

clean or organized

From this reading In dress she was scrupulously neat, though in the dress of some pre-historic age.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

a brief written record

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

usually large hard-shelled seed

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

above and across; more than

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

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From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

any of numerous superior eating apples with yellow or greenish yellow skin flushed with red

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

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

From this reading In dress she was scrupulously neat, though in the dress of some pre-historic age.

the act of preventing

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

money demanded for the return of a captured person

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

Identical; not different.

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

with extreme conscientiousness

From this reading In dress she was scrupulously neat, though in the dress of some pre-historic age.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

a fabric made from the fine threads produced by certain insect larvae

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading In dress she was scrupulously neat, though in the dress of some pre-historic age.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

in the near future

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

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From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

past form of “suggest” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

past form of “survive” — continue to live and avoid dying

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

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

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading In dress she was scrupulously neat, though in the dress of some pre-historic age.

very small

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

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

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

characterized by high spirits and animation

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

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

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading A tiny old lady she was, with a small and shrivelled face, like a Ribston pippin that had survived well on into April, and bright beady eyes that always reminded me of a squirrel’s.

at the time that

From this reading She had, too, something of the same small creature’s animal vivacity, and talked in a queer little chirpy strain that suggested its note of satisfaction when it has lighted upon a particularly fine nut or acorn.

in or at the place that

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I HAD found lodgings with one Peggy Ransom, whom I soon discovered to be one of the chief characters in the village, as the Rector had reported her.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading For example, she never appeared without a silk ’kerchief bound over her head, because, as she said, you never “knew where a draught might find you, and prevention was better than cure.”