used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
beein
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From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
cruds
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From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
Donald
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From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
Edinboro
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From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
the organ of sight
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
glensnounUS /ɡlenz/
plural of “glen” — a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
goatsnounUS /ɡoʊts/
plural of “goat” — any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
helpingnounUS /ˈhelpɪŋ/
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
kye
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From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
lang
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From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
in like or similar manner
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
Linsay
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From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
Lizzy
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From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
ly
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From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
maks
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From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
mither
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From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
mornin
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From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
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 She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
rashesnounUS /ˈræʃɪz/
plural of “rash” — any red eruption of the skin
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
sae
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From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
She's
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From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
spyverbUS /spaɪ/
catch sight of
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
stockins
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From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
up to a particular time
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
twas
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From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
weariedadjectiveUS /ˈwɪrid/
exhausted
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading She’s made for them a supper, A supper o cruds and why, And likewise a bed o green rashes, For Lizzy an him to ly.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
hope for; have a wish
From this reading But Lizzy drew till her her stockins, The tears fell down on her eye: ‘I wish I were at Edinboro city, I can neither milk yews nor kye.’
yews
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From this reading You had better been helping my mither To milk her yews and her kye.’
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But Lizzy, beein wearied wi travel, She lay till ’twas lang i the day: ‘Get up, get up, Lizzy Linsay, What maks you sae lang for to ly?
yows
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From this reading But Donald rose up i the mornin, The rest o his glens to spy; It was to look for his goats, His goats, his yows, an his kye.
