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

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on the subject of; concerning

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

how long something has existed

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

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

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

plural of “back” — the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

the supreme effort one can make

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being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

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From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

having a coating; covered with an outer layer or film; often used in combination

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

someone who works in a coal mine

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From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading His father, Ewan Mylrea, had lived long, and mourned much, and died in sorrow.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

From this reading But he had life in every vein, and restless energy in every limb.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading But he had life in every vein, and restless energy in every limb.

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From this reading His father, Ewan Mylrea, had lived long, and mourned much, and died in sorrow.

opinion or judgment

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading His father, Ewan Mylrea, had lived long, and mourned much, and died in sorrow.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

being ten more than thirty

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

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

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

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

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

to incline or bend from a vertical position

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading But he had life in every vein, and restless energy in every limb.

one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper

From this reading But he had life in every vein, and restless energy in every limb.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading His father, Ewan Mylrea, had lived long, and mourned much, and died in sorrow.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

the force of workers available

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

past form of “mourn” — feel sadness

From this reading His father, Ewan Mylrea, had lived long, and mourned much, and died in sorrow.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading His father, Ewan Mylrea, had lived long, and mourned much, and died in sorrow.

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From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

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title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

worried and uneasy

From this reading But he had life in every vein, and restless energy in every limb.

a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

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From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

a particular situation

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

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

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

a male human offspring

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading His father, Ewan Mylrea, had lived long, and mourned much, and died in sorrow.

marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

plural of “temple” — place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

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

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

Having little thickness or extent.

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

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From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

inflected form of “tread” — put down or press the foot, place the foot

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart

From this reading But he had life in every vein, and restless energy in every limb.

plural of “volume” — the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

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

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

From this reading The good man had been a patriarch among his people, and never a serener saint had trod the ways of men.

(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

in the company of; together with

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

a late time of life

From this reading He was forty years of age; his black hair was thin on the crown and streaked with gray about the temples; the crow's-feet were thick under his small eyes, and the backs of his lean hands were coated with a reddish down.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading Hall Caine's Best Books In Three Volumes P. F. Collier & Son New York Thorkell Mylrea had waited long for a dead man's shoes, but he was wearing them at length.