Chapter IX · Chapter 9

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From this reading _Memoir: Anne Countess of Dorset_, 1603.

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From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

(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 PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)

From this reading _Memoir: Anne Countess of Dorset_, 1603.

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

showing who or what does the action

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

a natural or artificial enclosed space

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

a state at a particular time

From this reading Trail in fair condition, weather gray and steady.

female equivalent of a count or earl

From this reading _Memoir: Anne Countess of Dorset_, 1603.

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

plural of “degree” — a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

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From this reading _Memoir: Anne Countess of Dorset_, 1603.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading Trail in fair condition, weather gray and steady.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

the month following January and preceding March

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading Trail in fair condition, weather gray and steady.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

cause to move by striking

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

an account of the author's personal experiences

From this reading _Memoir: Anne Countess of Dorset_, 1603.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

and nothing more

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

cut with a saw

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group; turns yellow in air; occurs in celestite and strontianite

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

make steady

From this reading Trail in fair condition, weather gray and steady.

the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

a track or mark left by something that has passed

From this reading It was the 26th of February, that first day that they "hit the Long Trail."

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

precisely as stated

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

From this reading Trail in fair condition, weather gray and steady.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

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

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

which person or people

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading Temperature only about twenty degrees, the Colonel thought, and so little wind it had the effect of being warmer.

a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading PRINCESS MUCKLUCK "We all went to Tibbals to see the Kinge, who used my mother and my aunt very gratiouslie; but we all saw a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the Court as it was now, and of y in ye Queene's, for we were all lowzy by sittinge in Sr Thomas Erskin's chamber."