Chapter XL · Chapter 40

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

plural of “accent” — distinctive manner of oral expression

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

later than; following

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

anew

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

affected manners intended to impress others

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

(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 Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

expected hopefully

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

sour or bitter in taste

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

past form of “bestow” — present

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the sacred writings of the Christian religions

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

object formed by a mold

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

plural of “chant” — a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the habit of keeping free of superficial imperfections

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

dearly loved

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

the extent downward or backward or inward

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

administer a drug to

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

one or the other of two

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a quad with a square body

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a movement into or inward

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the organ of sight

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

a bow used in playing the violin

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

start firing a weapon

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

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

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

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

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

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

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

cause to move by striking

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

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

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

-ing form of “impress” — have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

an infinite quantity

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

a village in Palestine near the north end of the Dead Sea; in the Old Testament it was the first place taken by the Israelites under Joshua as they entered the Promised Land

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

set down according to a plan

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the act of departing

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the message that is intended or expressed or signified

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

used to form the superlative

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

not one and not the other of two

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

not any; not one

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

an addictive narcotic extracted from seed capsules of the opium poppy

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

above and across; more than

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

an effortful attempt to attain a goal

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

plural of “pleasure” — a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

a sharp explosive sound as from a gunshot or drawing a cork

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

strongly marked; easily noticeable

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

something proposed (such as a plan or assumption)

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

expect, believe, or suppose

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

precisely, exactly

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

express in words

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

have in common

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

not in physical motion

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

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

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

past form of “summon” — call in an official matter, such as to attend court

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

carry out

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

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

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

a drinking mug in the shape of a stout man wearing a three-cornered hat

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

plural of “tune” — a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

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

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

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

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

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

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I have anticipated what it was a dozen times; but there is fire still in the subject——allons.

at the time that

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

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

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Mrs. _Wadman_ hit upon the _fiddlestick_, which summoned up all my uncle _Toby_’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading When my uncle _Toby_ had said this, he did not care to say it again; so casting his eye upon the Bible which Mrs. _Wadman_ had laid upon the table, he took it up; and popping, dear soul! upon a passage in it, of all others the most interesting to him—which was the siege of _Jericho_—he set himself to read it over—leaving his proposal of marriage, as he had done his declaration of love, to work with her after its own way.

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

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

actively engaged in paid work

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.

shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)

From this reading Now it wrought neither as an astringent or a loosener; nor like opium, or bark, or mercury, or buckthorn, or any one drug which nature had bestowed upon the world—in short, it work’d not at all in her; and the cause of that was, that there was something working there before——Babbler that I am!

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Chapter the Seventy-eighth NOW there are such an infinitude of notes, tunes, cants, chants, airs, looks, and accents with which the word _fiddlestick_ may be pronounced in all such causes as this, every one of ’em impressing a sense and meaning as different from the other, as _dirt_ from _cleanliness_—That Casuists (for it is an affair of conscience on that score) reckon up no less than fourteen thousand in which you may do either right or wrong.