used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
abideverbUS /əˈbaɪd/
dwell
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading In the night alone we had some peace and quiet.
in addition
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
Anton
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From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
bridegroomnounUS /ˈbraɪdɡruːm/
a man who has recently been married
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
without stop or interruption
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
coronationnounUS /ˌkɔːrəˈneɪʃən/
the ceremony of installing a new monarch
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
Deer-Slunk
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From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
doomverbUS /duːm/
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
Flowe
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From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
folliesnounUS /ˈfɑːliz/
a revue with elaborate costuming
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
GibnounUS /ɡɪb/
a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the night alone we had some peace and quiet.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
intense and profound fear
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
Lennox
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From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
lundered
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From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading In the night alone we had some peace and quiet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
the state prevailing during the absence of war
From this reading In the night alone we had some peace and quiet.
quietadjectiveUS /ˈkwaɪət/
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading In the night alone we had some peace and quiet.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading In the night alone we had some peace and quiet.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
Tolboothnoun
a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
UNDERprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading So waiting the arrival and the day of my doom, I continued to abide in the Tolbooth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In the night alone we had some peace and quiet.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
wind-filled
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From this reading For they had turned in upon us, to our horror, that wind-filled fool, John Gib--whom for his follies, Anton Lennox had lundered with a stick upon the Flowe of the Deer-Slunk.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Anton Lennox, also waiting, as he said, his bridegroom day of marriage and coronation, was with me.
