63
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From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
64
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From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
65
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From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
acquaintverbUS /əˈkweɪnt/
cause to come to know personally
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
be able to spare or give up
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
anew
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
in the past
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
alenounUS /eɪl/
a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
aneadjectiveUS /eɪn/
used of a single unit or thing; not two or more
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
spiritual being attendant upon God
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
apologynounUS /əˈpɑːlədʒiː/
an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
third-person singular of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
on or to one side
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the verbal act of requesting
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
aughtnounUS /ɔːt/
a quantity of no importance
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
ay
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From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
beggarsnounUS /ˈbeɡərz/
plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
bellynounUS /ˈbeli/
the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
bestowedverbUS /bɪˈstoʊd/
past form of “bestow” — present
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
bickerverbUS /ˈbɪkər/
argue over petty things
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the two together, not just one
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
the lower side of anything
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
byenounUS /baɪ/
an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
cannot
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From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
cheatedverbUS /ˈtʃiːtəd/
past form of “cheat” — deprive somebody of something by deceit
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
a young person of either sex
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
clapt
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From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
cockverbUS /kɑːk/
tilt or slant to one side
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
couping
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
cownounUS /kaʊ/
female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
cow'snounUS /kaʊz/
possessive form of “cow” — female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
cowsnounUS /kaʊz/
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
creationnounUS /kriˈeɪʃən/
the human act of creating
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
cryed
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From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
demanding attention
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
cureverbUS /kjʊr/
provide a cure for, make healthy again
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
daftadjectiveUS /dæft/
informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
Dalkeith
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
a female human offspring
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
dearly loved
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
dearlyadverbUS /ˈdɪrli/
in a sincere and heartfelt manner
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
cause to be slowed down or delayed
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
without deviation
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
disablednounUS /dɪˈseɪbəld/
people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
do't
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From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
doctorsnounUS /ˈdɑːktərz/
plural of “doctor” — a licensed medical practitioner
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
dolenounUS /doʊl/
a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
don't
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From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
plural of “door” — a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
douseverbUS /daʊs/
put out, as of a candle or a light
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
earlyadjectiveUS /ˈɜːrli/
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
enjoymentnounUS /ˌenˈdʒɔɪmənt/
the pleasure felt when having a good time
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
divisible by two
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
opinion or judgment
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
faultsnounUS /fɔːlts/
plural of “fault” — a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
feedingnounUS /ˈfiːdɪŋ/
the act of consuming food
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
filthyadjectiveUS /ˈfɪlθi/
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
be agreeable or acceptable to
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
fitternounUS /ˈfɪtər/
someone who fits a garment to a particular person
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
devoid of good sense or judgment
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a man of refinement
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
a young female
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
the act of departing
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
coins made of gold
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
goodmannounUS /ˈɡʊdmən/
United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
goodwife
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
gottenverbUS /ˈɡɑːtən/
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
guineasnounUS /ˈɡɪniz/
plural of “guinea” — a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑːrti/
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
hersel
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From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
Hoo
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From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
horse'snounUS /ˈhɔːrsəz/
possessive form of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
husband'snounUS /ˈhʌzbəndz/
possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
hute
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From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
I'll
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From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
I'se
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From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
impedimentnounUS /ˌɪmˈpedəmənt/
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
in't
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From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
judgedverbUS /dʒʌdʒd/
past form of “judge” — determine the result of (a competition)
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
and nothing more
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
kend
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From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
kickverbUS /kɪk/
drive or propel with the foot
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
laught
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
in order that something should not happen
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
for more time
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
loosesnounUS /ˈluːsɪz/
plural of “loos” — Austrian architect (1870-1933)
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
lownessnoun
a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a female domestic
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
engage in
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
take in marriage
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
mendverbUS /mend/
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
money'snounUS /ˈmʌniz/
possessive form of “money” — the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
nae
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
napkinnounUS /ˈnæpkɪn/
a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
necessary for relief or supply
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
NewcastlenounUS /ˈnuːkæsəl/
a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression “carry coals to Newcastle” meaning to do something unnecessary)
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
not any; not one
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
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 There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
and nothing more
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
ony
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
others
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From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
paradisenounUS /ˈperədaɪs/
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
performverbUS /pərˈfɔːrm/
carry out or perform an action
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
a full supply
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
Polly
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From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
poorestadjectiveUS /ˈpuːrɪst/
superlative of “poor” — deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
presentsnounUS /ˈprezənts/
plural of “present” — the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
purchasenounUS /ˈpɜːrtʃəs/
the acquisition of something for payment
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
putsnounUS /pʊts/
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
quoth
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
possessing material wealth
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a reason for wanting something done
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
setsnounUS /sets/
plural of “set” — a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
she'll
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From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
shopsnounUS /ʃɑːps/
plural of “shop” — a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
slaughternounUS /ˈslɔːtər/
the killing of animals (as for food)
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
in the near future
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
sorryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːri/
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
not in physical motion
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
suckverbUS /sʌk/
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
sucksnounUS /sʌks/
plural of “suck” — the act of sucking
From this reading Indeed said she the filthy daft beast sucks ay hersel; hute, says Tom, if that be all, I’ll soon cure her of that, O can ye do’t said she, If I had kend what wad a done it, ye had nae gotten her.
sud
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From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
tak
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From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
express in words
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
that's
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From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
there's
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From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
a special situation
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
propel through the air
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
up to a particular time
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
male cat
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
Tom'snounUS /tɑːmz/
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
tye
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
vealsnounUS /viːlz/
plural of “veal” — meat from a calf
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
precisely as stated
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
wadverbUS /wɑːd/
compress into a wad
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
wame
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
desired or wished for or sought
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
wat
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
wedverbUS /wed/
take in marriage
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
(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 well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
inflected form of “weep” — shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
what's
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
at the time that
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
which person or people
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Hoo, hoo, says Tom, If I had got money, I needed not been this way till now; money, you fool, said the old woman, there’s not such a thing to be got for money in all England: ay, says Tom, there’s a doctor in Newcastle, will make me able as any other man for ten guineas: ten guineas, said she, I’ll give him fifty guineas if he will, but here is twelve and go to him directly, and know first what he can do, and come again and wed my child, or she and I both will die for thy sake.
disposed or inclined toward
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
witchcraftnounUS /ˈwɪtʃkræft/
the art of sorcery
From this reading A well says Tom I’ll tell you what to do, tak the cow’s price I gave you just now, and tye it hard and fast in your napkin, and give it to me throw beneath the cow’s wame, and I’ll give you the napkin again over the cow’s back, and I’ll lay my life for it that she’ll never suck hersel in my aught; a wat well, said she, I’se do that an they sud be witchcraft in’t,[65] so Tom no sooner got it throw below the cow’s wame than he looses out his money and puts it in his pocket, and gave the wife again her napkin over the cow’s back accordingly as he told her, saying, now wife, you have your cow and I my money, and she’ll never suck herself in my aught, as I told you, O dole, cryed the wife, is that your cure, ye have cheated me, ye have cheated me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
woful
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From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading Tom having now got twelve guineas more of their money, got all things ready, and next morning early, sets out for Newcastle, but instead of going to Newcastle, he came to old Scotland, and left Polly and her mother to think upon him, then in about two weeks after, when he was not like to return, no nor so much as a word from him: the old woman and Polly got a horse, and came to Newcastle in search of him, went through all the doctors shops asking if there came a young man there about two weeks ago with a broken cock to mend: some laught at her, others were like to kick her out of doors, so the old woman had to return without getting any further intelligence of Tom.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
wringingverbUS /ˈrɪŋɪŋ/
-ing form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape
From this reading The old woman and her daughter sat crying and wringing their hands, and Tom stood and wept lest he should get no more money, O says Polly, mother I’ll wed with him nevertheless, I love him so dearly?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
but in spite of that
From this reading Then the old woman clapt her hands, and fell a crying, O! if it had been any impediment but that, but that, but that, woful that! which gold and silver cannot purchase and yet the poorest people that is even common beggars have plenty off it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
you'll
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From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
your's
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From this reading Now after Tom’s return to Scotland, he got a wife and took a little farm near Dalkeith, and became a very douse man for many days, followed his old business the couping of horses and cows the feeding of veals for slaughter, and the like: He went one day to a fair and bought a fine cow from an old woman, but Tom judged from the lowness of the price that the cow certainly had some fault; Tom gives the wife the other hearty bicker of good ale, then says, he, wife the money’s your’s and the cow’s mine, ye must tell me ony wi’ bit of faults it she has: Indeed quoth she goodman, she has nae a fault but ane, and in she had wanted it, I wad never a parted wi’ her; and what’s that goodwife said he?
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading No, no, you foolish girl would you throw yourself away to marry a man and die a maid, you don’t know the end of your creation, it is the enjoyment of a man in bed that makes women to marry, which is a pleasure like a paradise, and if you wed with this man, you’ll live and die and never know it.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading There was an old rich blind woman, who lived hard bye, that had a young girl her only daughter, and she fell deep in love with Tom, and Tom fell as deep in love with the money, but not with the maid: the old woman bestowed a vast of presents on Tom, and mounted him like a gentleman, but still he put off the marriage from time to time, and always wanted something, which the old woman gave the money to purchase for him, until he had got about thirty pounds of her money and then she would delay the marriage no longer: Tom went and took the old woman and girl aside, and made his apology as follows--Dear mother,[63] said he I am very willing to wed with my dear Polly, for she appears as an angel in mine eyes, but I am sorry very sorry to acquaint you that I am not a fit match for her: what child, says the old woman, there’s not a fitter match in the world for my Polly, I did not think your country could afford such a clever youth as what I hear of you to be,[64] you shall neither want gold nor silver, and a good horse to ride upon and when I die you shall have my all: O but says Tom, mother that’s no the matter at all, the stop is this, when I was at home in Scotland, I got a stroke with a horse’s foot on the bottom of my belly, which has quite disabled me below that I cannot perform I husband’s duty in bed.
