1770
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From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
5
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From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
how long something has existed
From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
(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 The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
burial-ground
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From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
exercising caution or showing care or attention
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
Clementina
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From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
dampadjectiveUS /dæmp/
slightly wet
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
the specified day of the month
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
disusedadjective
no longer in use
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
remove the dust from
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
emanateverbUS /ˈeməneɪt/
proceed or issue forth, as from a source
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
GARVIEKIRK
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From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
GilbertnounUS /ˈɡɪlbərt/
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
death of a person
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was twenty-nine; just a year short of his own.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
and nothing more
From this reading It was twenty-nine; just a year short of his own.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
the literary culture
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
mossnounUS /mɔːs/
tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
oblivionnounUS /əˈblɪviən/
the state of being disregarded or forgotten
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
OctobernounUS /ɑːkˈtoʊbər/
the month following September and preceding November
From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
and nothing more
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading It was twenty-nine; just a year short of his own.
having or expressing strong emotions
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
sandsnounUS /sændz/
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
scrapingnounUS /ˈskreɪpɪŋ/
(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was little to read: her name, and the day she died--October 5, 1770--and her age.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading It was twenty-nine; just a year short of his own.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
a male human offspring
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
Speid's
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From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
speltnoun
hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
in or at that place or location
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
a source of difficulty
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
twenty-ninenoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-eight and one
From this reading It was twenty-nine; just a year short of his own.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The moss and damp had done their best to help on the oblivion lying in wait for us all, and it was only after half an hour of careful scraping that he had spelt out the letters on the stone.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
at the time that
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
which person or people
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The place had been disused as a burial-ground; and it cost Gilbert some trouble to find the corner in which Clementina Speid’s passionate heart had mixed with the dust from which, we are told, we emanate.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading It was twenty-nine; just a year short of his own.
a late time of life
From this reading AT GARVIEKIRK THE woman who lay in her grave by the sands had rested there for nearly thirty years when her son stood in the grass to read her name and the date of her death.
