Chapter XIII

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

later than; following

From this reading “You’ll notice a difference after awhile.”

a town in Louisiana on the Red River

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

-ing form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “It’s a poorish farming country around here,” said Phillip.

contrived by art rather than nature

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

for a short time

From this reading “You’ll notice a difference after awhile.”

(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 Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

come together as in a cluster or flock

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

plural of “creek” — a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

travel across or pass over

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

From this reading “You’ll notice a difference after awhile.”

the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

moving toward the east

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

comparative of “fair” — free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

From this reading “It’s a poorish farming country around here,” said Phillip.

plural of “farm” — workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

destroyed or killed

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading “It’s a poorish farming country around here,” said Phillip.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

the side or slope of a hill

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

an indirect suggestion

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

past form of “intersperse” — place at intervals in or among

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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

From this reading “It’s a poorish farming country around here,” said Phillip.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

the place where two or more things come together

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

and nothing more

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

plural of “like” — a similar kind

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

United States writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

burdened with legal or financial obligations

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

plural of “negro” — a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

not any; not one

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading “You’ll notice a difference after awhile.”

the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

plural of “party” — an organization to gain political power

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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

From this reading “It’s a poorish farming country around here,” said Phillip.

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

From this reading “It’s a poorish farming country around here,” said Phillip.

a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

on the contrary

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

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From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “It’s a poorish farming country around here,” said Phillip.

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From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

yielding readily to pressure or weight

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

use up a period of time in a specific way

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

(Roman Catholic Church) a devotion consisting of fourteen prayers said before a series of fourteen pictures or carvings representing successive incidents during Jesus' passage from Pilate's house to his crucifixion at Calvary

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

plural of “stretch” — a large and unbroken expanse or distance

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

plural of “structure” — a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

-ing form of “suppose” — express a supposition

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

in or at that place or location

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

furnished with or made of wood or timbers

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

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

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

create by training and teaching

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

not having makeup on

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

toward the west

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

in or at the place that

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

belonging to which person

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The first part of the journey lies through a country of low red-clay hills, clad with oak and rhododendron, a rather uninteresting country, where the farms have a mortgaged look and where unpainted structures cluster about the shedlike stations for no other apparent reason than that misery likes company.

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet away from the railroad and its artificial conditions soft stretches of hillside and meadow, interspersed with timbered creeks, hint of fairer and better things.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading If you cross the Potomac at Washington and journey westward for about fifty miles――allowing for the circuitous course taken by the railroad――you will reach Melville Court House in a trifle under two hours; always supposing, however, that the eastbound train isn’t late at the junction, that there are no funeral parties aboard, and that the negroes whose duty it is to coal the tender just across the river have not gone off to Alexandria to spend the day.

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From this reading “You’ll notice a difference after awhile.”