used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
charmedadjectiveUS /tʃɑːrmd/
strongly attracted
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
intentionally conceived
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
createverbUS /kriˈeɪt/
make or cause to be or to become
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
Custis
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From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
flutteringnounUS /ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
the motion made by flapping up and down
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
death of a person
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
(astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
From this reading HA!
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
How
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From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
engage in
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
matrimonynounUS /ˈmætrəmoʊni/
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
Meshach
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From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
Milburn
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From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
plural of “object” — a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
ON'T
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From this reading THE WOOING ON'T.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
pallidadjectiveUS /ˈpæləd/
abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
resemblingverbUS /rɪˈzembəlɪŋ/
-ing form of “resemble” — appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
serpenthood
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From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
sitting-room
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From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WOOING ON'T.
in or at that place or location
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
VestanounUS /ˈvestə/
(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
at the time that
From this reading It was twilight when Meshach Milburn closed his story, and silence and pallid eve drew together in the Custis sitting-room, resembling the two people there, thinking on matrimony, the one grave as conscious serpenthood could make him, the other fluttering like the charmed bird.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
WOOINGnounUS /ˈwuːɪŋ/
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
From this reading THE WOOING ON'T.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Vesta spoke first: "How intense must be your head to create so many objects around it within the world of a hat!
