Chapter IV

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

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

a deep yellow color

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

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

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

the month following March and preceding May

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

United States composer (1910-1981)

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

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

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

cooked in hot water

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

of surpassing excellence

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

a tight-fitting headdress

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

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

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

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

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

put on clothes

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

of or relating to the Netherlands or its people or culture

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

past form of “gallop” — ride at a galloping pace

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

destroyed or killed

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

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

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

act or move at high speed

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

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

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

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

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

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

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

free from evil or guilt

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

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

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

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

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

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

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

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

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

in the recent past

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

plural of “mouse” — any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

cut slightly, with a razor

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

possessive form of “nick” — an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

past form of “roar” — make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

deplete

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

the season of growth

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill)

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

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

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

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

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

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

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

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

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

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

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

made neat and tidy by trimming

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

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

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

not sheared

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

precisely as stated

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

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

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

at the time that

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

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

From this reading Of which I was ashamed and eager to visit Toby Tice, our Johnstown barber, and be trimmed.

which person or people

From this reading Spring was in the land and in my heart, too, and when Nick Stoner galloped to my door in his new forest dress, very fine, I, nothing loath, did hasten to dress me in my new doe-skins, not less fine than Nick's and lately made for me by a tailor-woman in Kingsborough who was part Oneida and part Dutch.

in the company of; together with

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.

possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading The snow was gone; the Kennyetto roared amber brilliant through banks of melting ice, and a sweet odour of arbutus filled all the woods.

inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in

From this reading That day I wore a light, round cap of silver mole fur with my unshorn hair, all innocent of queue or powder, curling crisp like a woman's.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading TWO COUNTRY MICE It was late in April, and I had boiled my sap and had done with my sugar bush for another year.