used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
ambulancenounUS /ˈæmbjələns/
a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
Ashby
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From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the top it halted.
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
next to; at the side of
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
bouldernounUS /ˈboʊldər/
a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
cannonnounUS /ˈkænən/
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
cavalrynounUS /ˈkævəlri/
troops trained to fight on horseback
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
cortegenounUS /kɔːrˈteʒ/
a funeral procession
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
cropnounUS /krɑːp/
the yield from plants in a single growing season
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
travel across or pass over
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
dismounted
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From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
escortnounUS /eˈskɔːrt/
someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
shoot down, of birds
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
death of a person
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
haltedverbUS /ˈhɔːltəd/
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading At the top it halted.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At the top it halted.
JUDITHnounUS /ˈdʒuːdəθ/
Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
KeysnounUS /kiːz/
plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
go across or through
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
PiedmontnounUS /ˈpiːdmɑːnt/
the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
not tired; refreshed as by sleeping or relaxing
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
RidgenounUS /rɪdʒ/
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
STAFFORD
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From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
the upper part of anything
From this reading At the top it halted.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
VirginianounUS /vərˈdʒɪnjə/
a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Below them, to the east, rolled Piedmont Virginia; below them to the west lay the great Valley whence they had come.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The ambulance rested beside a grey boulder, while the cavalry escort dismounted and let the horses crop the sweet mountain grass.
in the company of; together with
From this reading As they rested they heard the cannon of Cross Keys, and with a glass made out the battle smoke.
an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
From this reading JUDITH AND STAFFORD The cortege bearing Ashby to his grave wound up and up to the pass in the Blue Ridge.
