Chapter XX · Chapter 20

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

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

something done (usually as opposed to something said)

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

(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 It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

at or in or to any place

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

subject to appointment

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

past form of “arrest” — take into custody

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

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

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

plural of “breeze” — a slight wind (usually refreshing)

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

lacking funds

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

make calm or still

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

past form of “care” — feel concern or interest

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

money in the form of bills or coins

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

coldness due to a cold environment

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

any of several North American trees of the genus Populus having a tuft of cottony hairs on the seed

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

any of various platforms built into a vessel

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

making light of

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

the boundary of a surface

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

being one more than ten

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

having dropped by the force of gravity

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

being the right size and shape to fit as desired

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

plural of “gray” — a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

become quiet or still; fall silent

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

move something or somebody to a lower position

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

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

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

the force of workers available

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

become covered with mist

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

on one occasion

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

above and across; more than

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

very light colored; highly diluted with white

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

past form of “release” — release, as from one's grip

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

the state of being retired from one's business or occupation

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

a small wave on the surface of a liquid

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

possessive form of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

except for; apart from

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

only a very short time before

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading It was the morning of a Sabbath, and a Sabbath calm lay all about us--silence, and hush, and arrested action.

(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

in the near future

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

express in speech

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

plural of “tone” — the quality of a person's voice

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

causing distress or worry or anxiety

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading The bayou itself, once the river, but now released from all the river's troubling duties, held its unceasing calm, fitted the complete retirement of the spot, and scarce a ripple broke it anywhere.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

having or as if having a veil or concealing cover

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

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

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

at the time that

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.

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

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

which person or people

From this reading The forest about us not yet fallen before the devastating northern lumbermen--men such as my father had been, who cared nothing for a tree or a country save as it might come to cash--was in part cypress, in part cottonwood, but on the ridge were many oaks, and over all hung the soft gray Spanish moss.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading IN WHICH I HAVE POLITE CONVERSATION, BUT LITTLE ELSE I had myself quite forgotten my appointed hour of eleven, feeling so sure that it would not be remembered, as of covenant, by the party of the second part, so to speak, and was sitting on the forward deck looking out over the interesting pictures of the landscape that lay about us.

but in spite of that

From this reading The sun itself, warm at a time when soon the breezes must have been chill at my northern home, was veiled in a soft and tender mist, which brought into yet lower tones the pale greens and grays of the southern forest which came close to the bayou's edge.