Chapter I

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

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

anew

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

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

From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

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From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

works for an expert to learn a trade

From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

earlier than; in front of

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

next to; at the side of

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

plural of “blackbird” — any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

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From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

plural of “bluebell” — sometimes placed in genus Scilla

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

uttered without voice

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

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From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

a grouping of a number of similar things

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

plural of “collaborator” — someone who assists in a plot

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

plural of “conspiracy” — a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

travel across or pass over

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

slightly wet

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

enclose with a fence

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

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From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

past form of “flare” — burn brightly

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

enclose in or as if in a frame

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

provided with a frame

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

emerge from the eggs

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

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From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

and nothing more

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

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From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

engage in

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

popular aquarium fish

From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

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

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

a form of address for a man

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

many times at short intervals

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

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From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

plural of “partner” — a person's partner in marriage

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

(of games) engaged in

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

a purple color or pigment

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

a person who is being chased

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

have in common; held or experienced in common

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

an instance of visual perception

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

inflected form of “speed” — move hurridly

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

in a stealthy manner

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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 _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

take away possessions from someone

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

in or at that place or location

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

plural of “three” — the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

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

From this reading The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice _TO MOLLY AND HILDA_.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

plural of “voice” — the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

clean by virtue of having been washed in water

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

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

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

at the time that

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

in or at the place that

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

during the time that

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

hope for; have a wish

From this reading Collaborators kind,_ _The wish is often in my mind,_ _That we, in just such happy plight,--_ _With Chanctonbury Ring in sight,--_ _Some day may frame another._ E. V. L.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _That sunny afternoon in May,_ _How stealthily we crept away,_ _We three--(Good things are done in threes:_ _That is, good things in threes are done_ _When you make two and I make one.)--_ _To hatch our small conspiracies!_ _Between the blossomy apple-trees_ _(You recollect?) we sped, and then_ _Safe in the green heart of the wood_ _We breathed again._ _The purple flood the bluebells made_ _Washed round about us where we stood,_ _While voices, where the others played,_ _Assured us we were not pursued._

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading _A fence to climb or wriggle through,_ _A strip of meadow wet with dew_ _To cross, and lo! before us flared_ _The clump of yellow gorse we shared_ _With five young blackbirds and their mother._ _There, close beside our partners' nest,_ _And free from Mr. C. (that pest!),_ _And careless of the wind and damp,_ _We framed the story of_ The Flamp.