Chapter XXXII

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

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

in an abundant manner

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

later than; following

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

(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 ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

established by authority; given authoritative approval

From this reading ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the past participle of “be”

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

being ahead of time or need

From this reading ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

lacking or showing a lack of due concern

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

a young person of either sex

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

rid of obstructions

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading ‘My doing, Jamie Walkinshaw! wha daurs to say the like o’ that?

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the act of giving

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

plural of “grandchild” — a child of your son or daughter

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

not causing or capable of causing harm

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

free from evil or guilt

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

fun characterized by humor

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

conformity or harmony

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

a girl or young woman who is unmarried

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading ‘My doing, Jamie Walkinshaw! wha daurs to say the like o’ that?

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

plural of “marriage” — the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

joined in matrimony

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading ‘My doing, Jamie Walkinshaw! wha daurs to say the like o’ that?

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

information about recent and important events

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

not any; not one

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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 ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

someone who looks on

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

and nothing more

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

a quantity that is more than what is appropriate

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

have ownership or possession of

From this reading ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

the act of playing a musical instrument

From this reading ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

past form of “prevent” — keep from happening or arising; make impossible

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

inflected form of “reply” — react verbally

From this reading ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

any address at which you dwell more than temporarily

From this reading ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

conforming to orthodox or recognized rules

From this reading ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

express in words

From this reading ‘My doing, Jamie Walkinshaw! wha daurs to say the like o’ that?

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

burn superficially or lightly

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

in the near future

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

a momentary flash of light

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

express in words

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

feeling or showing gratitude

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

in spite of the fact that

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

showing lack of careful thought

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

a fact that has been verified

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

not yet brought into existence

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

except if; if not

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

precisely as stated

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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

From this reading ‘I thought,’ replied Walkinshaw, playing with her humours, ‘that the marriage was all your own doing.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

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From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

(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 ‘Well, but unless you had sanctioned their marriage, and approved o’t beforehand, they would never have thought of taking up their residence with you.’

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

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading ‘My doing, Jamie Walkinshaw! wha daurs to say the like o’ that?

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

a midwestern state in north central United States

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

in the company of; together with

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

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From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading I’m as clear o’t as the child unborn--to be sure they were married here, but that was no fault o’ mine--my twa grandchildren, it could ne’er be expected that I would let them be married on the crown-o’-the-causey--But, wasna baith his mother and father present, and is that no gospel evidence, that I was but an innocent onlooker?--No, no, Jamie, whomsoever ye hear giving me the wyte o’ ony sic Gretna Green job, I redde ye put your foot on the spark, and no let it singe my character.--I’m abundantly and overmuch punished already, for the harmless jocosity, in the cost and cumbering o’ their keeping.’

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ‘Really,’ said the Leddy, after Walkinshaw had told her the news, and that only the wetness of the road had prevented his sister and Ellen from coming with him to town,--‘Really, Jamie, to tell you the gude’s truth, though I would hae been blithe to see Mary, and that weel-bred lassie, your joe Nell Frizel--I’m very thankful they hae na come--for, unless I soon get some relief, I’ll be herrit out o’ house and hall wi’ Beenie and Walky,--twa thoughtless wantons,--set them up wi’ a clandestine marriage in their teens! it’s enough to put marriages out of fashion.’