used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
Armande
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From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
have
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
placed in a grave
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
CarillonnounUS /ˈkerəlɑːn/
set of bells hung in a bell tower
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
a large and stately mansion
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
chateaunounUS /ʃæˈtoʊ/
an impressive country house (or castle) in France
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
CORTE
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From this reading THE VENGEANCE OF CORTE.
courtyardnounUS /ˈkɔːrt.jɑːrd/
An unroofed area that is completely or partially enclosed by the walls of a house.
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
travel across or pass over
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
the act of departing
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
death of a person
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
Hawkwood
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From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
ilexnoun
a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
take somebody somewhere
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
title used for a married Frenchwoman
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
namelessadjectiveUS /ˈneɪm.ləs/
Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE VENGEANCE OF CORTE.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
Picard
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From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
socially incorrect in behavior
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
Sassoferrato
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From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
St
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From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VENGEANCE OF CORTE.
in or at that place or location
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
VENGEANCEnounUS /ˈvendʒəns/
the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life
From this reading THE VENGEANCE OF CORTE.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Over her nameless grave we raised a rude cross, and after it was done, Carillon bade me farewell.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We buried our dead; and madame slept beneath the ilex, in the courtyard of the castle, below the north wall.
at the time that
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading He was going, he said, to bear the story to St. Armande, and when he reached it, I wit there was sorrow in the Picard chateau, whence madame took her name.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was with a heart of lead that I rode into Sassoferrato, and there, as arranged, made over my prize to Hawkwood.
