Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1850-60.

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From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1850-60.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

generally approved or compelling recognition

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

weapons considered collectively

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

plural of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1850-60.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

plural of “bagpipe” — a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

(Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

brought into existence

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a young person of either sex

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

a body serving in an administrative capacity

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

plural of “creation” — the human act of creating

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for following game into burrows

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

third-person singular of “defy” — resist or confront with resistance

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

(used of persons) standing above others in character or attainment or reputation

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

increase twofold

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

gained or acquired; especially through merit or as a result of effort or action

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a period of time spent in military service

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

past form of “fail” — fail to do something; leave something undone

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a man of refinement

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

English actor on stage and in films (1908-1990)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

annoy continually or chronically

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

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

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

third-person singular of “inherit” — obtain from someone after their death

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the act of beginning something new

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

plural of “invention” — the creation of something in the mind

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed after his death (331?-363)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

without law or control

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

staying power

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

above and across; more than

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

past form of “persuade” — win approval or support for

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

a leader engaged in civil administration

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the particular portion of space occupied by something

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

intellectually productive

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1850-60.

in a strange but not unpleasant manner

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the act of receiving

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

rebuffed (by a lover) without warning

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

increase the number of rotations per minute

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

Identical; not different.

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

plural of “sample” — a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

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From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

having a handwritten signature

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

-ing form of “sketch” — make a sketch of

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

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

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

a male human offspring

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

having the character or disposition harmed by pampering or oversolicitous attention

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

plural of “story” — 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 Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a practical method or art applied to some particular task

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada) noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora (1906-2000)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

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

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

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

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

extremely painful

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

activity leading to skilled behavior

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

the quality of having no practical use

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

characterized by abundance of verdure

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

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

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

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

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.

a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

in or at the place that

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

a Caucasian

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

which person or people

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)

From this reading Captain Howard--Receipt for Landscape Drawing--Earnings, Real and Ideal--George H. Thomas--Charles Keene--His Training--Introduction to _Punch_--Called to the Table--Uselessness in Council--A Strong Politician--Inherits Leech's Position--Keene as an Artist--Where He Failed--His Joke-Primers--Torturing the Bagpipes--Good Stories, Used, Spoiled, and Rejected--"Toby" as a Dachshund--Death of "Frau"--Keene's Technique--His Inventions and Creations--And what He Earned by Them--Charles Martin--Harry Hall--Rev. Edward Bradley ("Cuthbert Bede")--"Verdant Green" or "Blanco White"?--Double Acrostics--George Cruikshank Defies _Punch_--Mr. T. Harrington Wilson--Mr. Harrison Weir--Mr. Ashby-Sterry--Alfred Thompson--Frank Bellew--Julian Portch--"Cham"--G. H. Haydon--J. M. Lawless.

in the company of; together with

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading He was always sketching from a child; and being persuaded by his friends to "do some of those for _Punch_," he sent a few samples to the Editor, but without much hope of success.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading An amateur who signed with cross-pipes, and who appeared five times in the following year, was the one other contributor of 1850; and then 1851 was distinguished by the enlistment of the prolific draughtsman who at first used three running legs--quaintly accepted as the Manx arms--as his sign-manual.

a late time of life

From this reading This was Captain Henry R. Howard, the son of a country gentleman, born at Watford, where he lived in the same house for over fifty years.