used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And how do ye like my gay ladie, Wha's lying at your side?'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
breists
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From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
camnounUS /kæm/
a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
doun
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From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
fause
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From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
feenounUS /fiː/
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading And how do ye like my gay ladie, Wha's lying at your side?'
gerss
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From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
goud
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From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
How
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From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'O I do like your sheets,' he said, 'Sae do I like your bed; But mair do I like your gay ladie, Wha's lying at my side.'
I'se
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From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
It's
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From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
ladie
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From this reading And how do ye like my gay ladie, Wha's lying at your side?'
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading And how do ye like my gay ladie, Wha's lying at your side?'
mair
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From this reading 'O I do like your sheets,' he said, 'Sae do I like your bed; But mair do I like your gay ladie, Wha's lying at my side.'
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
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 'O I do like your sheets,' he said, 'Sae do I like your bed; But mair do I like your gay ladie, Wha's lying at my side.'
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
inflected form of “run” — move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
Sae
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From this reading 'O I do like your sheets,' he said, 'Sae do I like your bed; But mair do I like your gay ladie, Wha's lying at my side.'
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
sall
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From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
sheetsnounUS /ʃiːts/
plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface
From this reading * * * * * * * 'How do ye like my sheets?' he said, 'How do ye like my bed?
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading And how do ye like my gay ladie, Wha's lying at your side?'
smoothd
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From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
swamverbUS /swæm/
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
express in words
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
water-side
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From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
Wha's
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From this reading And how do ye like my gay ladie, Wha's lying at your side?'
Whan
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From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
yonadjectiveUS /jɑːn/
distant but within sight (“yon” is dialectal)
From this reading * * * * * * * Whan they cam to yon water-side, They smoothd their breists and swam; And whan they cam to gerss growing, They set doun their feet and ran.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'If this be true ye tell to me, It's goud sall be your fee; But if it be fause ye tell to me, I'se hang ye on a tree.'
