a-doing
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From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
adversarynounUS /ˈædvərseri/
someone who offers opposition
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
affrightnoun
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
have
From this reading Call hisself the Great Bear, hey?
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
boundedadjectiveUS /ˈbaʊndəd/
having the limits or boundaries established
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Call hisself the Great Bear, hey?
CatawbanounUS /kəˈtɔːbə/
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
having dropped by the force of gravity
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
gibing
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From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
gloatverbUS /ɡloʊt/
dwell on with satisfaction
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Call hisself the Great Bear, hey?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
headlessadjectiveUS /ˈhedləs/
not having a head or formed without a head
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading Heap lie; heap no bear; heap nothing, now.
hey
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From this reading Call hisself the Great Bear, hey?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
hisself
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From this reading Call hisself the Great Bear, hey?
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
Indian-wise
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From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
From this reading Heap lie; heap no bear; heap nothing, now.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
mercilessadjectiveUS /ˈmɜːrsələs/
having or showing no mercy
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
used to form the superlative
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
not any; not one
From this reading Heap lie; heap no bear; heap nothing, now.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Heap lie; heap no bear; heap nothing, now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Heap lie; heap no bear; heap nothing, now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
rearingnounUS /ˈrɪrɪŋ/
the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
snortingnounUS /ˈsnɔːrtɪŋ/
an act of forcible exhalation
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
From this reading That done, he must needs gloat, Indian-wise, over his fallen adversary, turning the headless body with his foot and gibing at it.
Wah
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From this reading "Wah!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
in the company of; together with
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
but in spite of that
From this reading While yet this most merciless deed was a-doing, the Catawba bounded to his feet and made sure of the horses which were rearing and snorting with affright.
