Chapter V · Chapter 5

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

in addition

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

pleasantly occupied

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

a committee having supervisory powers

From this reading A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

From this reading A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

be identical or equivalent to

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

past form of “exclude” — prevent from being included or considered or accepted

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

plural of “fellow” — a boy or man

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

the act of someone who fishes as a diversion

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

plural of “grain” — a relatively small granular particle of a substance

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

established as if settled into a groove or rut

From this reading A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

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

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

a small worthless amount

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

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

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

plural of “one” — the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

a separate part of a whole

From this reading A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

(of games) engaged in

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

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

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

past form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading A piece of board is grooved with a jack-knife in the manner shown in the diagram.

(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

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

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

an act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly)

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Sometimes he played "tee-tah-toe, three in a row," with the girls, using a slate and pencil in a way well known to all school-children.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading And he also showed them a better kind of "tee-tah-toe," learned on the Wildcat, and which may have been in the first place an Indian game, as it is played with grains of Indian corn.

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

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

a Caucasian

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.

which person or people

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

in the company of; together with

From this reading WHILING AWAY TIME Excluded from the plays of the older fellows, Jack drew around him a circle of small boys, who were always glad to be amused with the stories of hunting, fishing, and frontier adventure that he had heard from old pioneers on Wildcat Creek.

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

From this reading One player has three red or yellow grains of corn, and the other an equal number of white ones.