Chapter XII · Chapter 12

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From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

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From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

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

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

prince consort of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1861)

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

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

From this reading ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.

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

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading It was a drawing by Leech, on p.

a period of 100 years

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

a specialized division of a large organization

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

From this reading It was a drawing by Leech, on p.

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the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

cut or impressed into a surface

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

a print made from an engraving

From this reading ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.

the trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

following the third position; number four in a countable series

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

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the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

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

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clarify by giving an example of

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

the quality of not being usable

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

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

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904)

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

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From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

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From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

From this reading It was a drawing by Leech, on p.

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From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

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

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading It was a drawing by Leech, on p.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading It was a drawing by Leech, on p.

text handwritten in the style of printed matter

From this reading ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

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From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

possessive form of “smith” — Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

third-person singular of “supersede” — take the place or move into the position of

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

a man who is the lover of a man or woman

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

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From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

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

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.

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

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading 50 of the fourth volume, to illustrate one of Albert Smith's "Side-Scenes of Society."

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

From this reading It was in 1843 that Mr. Swain engraved his first block for _Punch_.

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

From this reading Mr. Joseph Swain supersedes Ebenezer Landells--His Education as Engraver--Head of His Department--Engraving the Big Cut: Then and Now--Printing from the Wood-blocks--Leech's Fastidiousness--Impracticability of Keene--Thackeray's Little Confidence--A Record of Half a Century.