208
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
44
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From this reading 44.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
ay
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
Ayre
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
see with attention
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
Dauncing
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
Dauncings
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From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
doenounUS /doʊ/
the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
Ecchos
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From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
make void or empty of contents
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
faire
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
From this reading [Footnote 208: Margin-Note here, 'Of the Ayre.'
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
set up or found
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G.]
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading [Footnote 208: Margin-Note here, 'Of the Ayre.'
How
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
impressionsnounUS /ˌɪmˈpreʃənz/
plural of “impression” — a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
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 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
Margin-Note
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From this reading [Footnote 208: Margin-Note here, 'Of the Ayre.'
Musicke
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From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
neighbournounUS /ˈneɪbər/
a person who lives (or is located) near another
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
propoundverbUS /prəˈpaʊnd/
put forward, as of an idea
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
regionsnounUS /ˈriːdʒənz/
plural of “region” — the extended spatial location of something
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
runns
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
sences
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From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
sundryadjectiveUS /ˈsʌndri/
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
in or at that place or location
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading 'For what are _Breath_, _Speech_, _Ecchos_, _Musicke_, _Winds_, 'But Dauncings of the Ayre in sundry kinds?
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'And now behold your tender nurse the _Ayre_[208] 'And common neighbour that ay runns around; 'How many pictures and impressions faire 'Within her empty regions are there found; 'Which to your sences Dauncing doe propound.
