Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1867-82.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1867-82.

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

A place of study or training in a special field of knowledge and arts.

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

fully understood or grasped

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

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

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1867-82.

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

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a native or inhabitant of Great Britain

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

English illustrator of several of Dickens' novels (1815-1882)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

plural of “collar” — a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

arousing or provoking laughter

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

past form of “convert” — change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

a person who specializes in interior design

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

in a dry laconic manner

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

plural of “elli” — (Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

divisible by two

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

something many people believe that is false

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

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From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

a competitor thought likely to win

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

annoy continually or chronically

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

one retired from society for religious reasons

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

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

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

a single distinct event

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

resulting from one's intentions

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

people of Ireland or of Irish extraction

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

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 Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

British actress (born in Canada) (1898-1989)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a large entrance or reception room or area

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

third-person singular of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

plural of “photograph” — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

with pretense or intention to deceive

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading _PUNCH'S_ ARTISTS: 1867-82.

the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

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 Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

action taken in return for an injury or offense

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

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

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

a person who changes location

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

a university student who has not yet received a first degree

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

German conductor (1876-1962)

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

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

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

at the time that

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

which person or people

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

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From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"

comparative of “wide” — having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading The jest was wider in its application than he who made it, probably, had intended.

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From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

From this reading The humour of the artist, his quaintness of fancy, wit, and touch, are appreciated by whoever looks for something more, even in a professedly comic design, than that which is at first and immediately obvious.

a retraction of a previously held position

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Mr. Linley Sambourne--Mechanical Engineering Loses a Decorative Designer--Mr. Sambourne's Work--His Photographs--And Enterprise--Strasynski--Mr. Wilfrid Lawson--Mr. E. J. Ellis--Mr. Ernest Griset--Mr. A. Chasemore--Mr. Walter Browne--Mr. Briton Riviere, R.A.--An Undergraduate Humorist--A _Punch_ Initial Converted into an Academy Picture--Mrs. Jopling-Rowe--Mr. Wallis Mackay--Mr. J. Sands, Artist, Traveller, and Hermit--Mr. W. Ralston--Mr. A. Chantrey Corbould--Charles Keene's Advice--Randolph Caldecott--Major-General Robley--R. B. Wallace--Colonel Ward Bennitt--Mr. Montagu Blatchford--Mr. Harry Furniss--Origin of Mr. Gladstone's Collars--A Favourite Ruse--How It's Done--Mr. Furniss and the Irish Members--The Lobby Incident--Clever Retaliation--Mr. Furniss's Withdrawal--Mr. Lillie--Mr. Storey, A.R.A.--Mr. Alfred Bryan.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading One day when Mr. Linley Sambourne made a successful appearance as Admiral Van Tromp at a fancy-dress ball, Mr. W S. Gilbert drily observed, "One Dutch of Sambourne makes the whole world grin!"