used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
aloofnessnounUS /əˈluːfnəs/
indifference by personal withdrawal
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading His companion was ex-Private Severance--once his comrade in arms.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
exhale hard
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
bobwhites
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From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
cokenounUS /koʊk/
carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
Colby
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From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading His companion was ex-Private Severance--once his comrade in arms.
comradenounUS /ˈkɑːmræd/
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading His companion was ex-Private Severance--once his comrade in arms.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
discreditverbUS /dɪˈskredət/
cause to be distrusted or disbelieved
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
ex-Private
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From this reading His companion was ex-Private Severance--once his comrade in arms.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
furnacesnounUS /ˈfɜːrnʌsɪz/
plural of “furnace” — an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His companion was ex-Private Severance--once his comrade in arms.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
hound's
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From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
industrynounUS /ˈɪndəstri/
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
march in a procession
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
marredadjectiveUS /mɑːrd/
blemished by injury or rough wear
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
miningnounUS /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
mongrelized
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From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
not any; not one
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
nowherenounUS /ˈnoʊwer/
an insignificant place
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
on one occasion
From this reading His companion was ex-Private Severance--once his comrade in arms.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
outpostsnounUS /ˈaʊtpoʊsts/
plural of “outpost” — a station in a remote or sparsely populated location
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
reekverbUS /riːk/
have an element suggestive (of something)
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
SeverancenounUS /ˈsevɜːrəns/
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
From this reading His companion was ex-Private Severance--once his comrade in arms.
shacksnounUS /ʃæks/
plural of “shack” — small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
Sim
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From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
soiledadjectiveUS /sɔɪld/
soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
in or at that place or location
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
tippling
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From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
valleysnounUS /ˈvæliz/
plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He sat tippling in a mining town two days' journey away, and he had no knowledge of what went on at home.
at the time that
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The town was one of those places which discredit the march of industry by the mongrelized character of its outposts.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading The wild aloofness of the hills and valleys was marred there by the shacks of the camp and its sky soiled by a black reek of coke furnaces.
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet on that day when the bobwhites had sounded and the blow had fallen, Sim Colby was nowhere near the opportunity hound's house.
