Chapter III

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

-ing form of “agree” — be in accord; be in agreement

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

(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 All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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

From this reading THE ATHENS RECEIVES THE KING, AND IS JOYOUS.

an expectation

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

from appearances alone

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess)

From this reading THE ATHENS RECEIVES THE KING, AND IS JOYOUS.

someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

plural of “attendant” — someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the act of burning something

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

a railcar where passengers ride

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

plural of “chat” — an informal conversation

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

give encouragement to

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “complexion” — the coloring of a person's face

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

inflected form of “creep” — move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

cause to herd, drive, or crowd together

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a table linen made from linen with a damask pattern

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “dame” — informal terms for a (young) woman

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

something intended to communicate a particular impression

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

housing that someone is living in

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

an earnest and sincere feeling

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

move gently or carefully

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

raised above the ground

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

the organ of sight

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

having or given a form or shape

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

tastelessly showy

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

plural of “hat” — headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

past form of “heed” — pay close attention to; give heed to

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

past form of “horse” — provide with a horse or horses

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

characteristic of humanity

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

not in action or at work

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

not well dressed

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

brought about or caused; not spontaneous

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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

From this reading THE ATHENS RECEIVES THE KING, AND IS JOYOUS.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

full of or characterized by joy

From this reading THE ATHENS RECEIVES THE KING, AND IS JOYOUS.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading THE ATHENS RECEIVES THE KING, AND IS JOYOUS.

plural of “kiss” — the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “lead” — an advantage held by a competitor in a race

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “let” — a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

to bring or combine together or with something else

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

not any; not one

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

a judge of a probate court

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

past form of “perch” — sit, as on a branch

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “pin” — a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

participate in games or sport

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the arrangement of the body and its limbs

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

make upset or troubled

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

-ing form of “prattle” — speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

exert pressure or force to or upon

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

smoke and exhale strongly

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

third-person singular of “receive” — get something; come into possession of

From this reading THE ATHENS RECEIVES THE KING, AND IS JOYOUS.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

superlative of “rich” — possessing material wealth

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “ridge” — a long narrow natural elevation or striation

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

an unvarying or habitual method or procedure

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

Identical; not different.

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

except for; apart from

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

express in speech

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “spectator” — a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

a quality that outshines the usual

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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

From this reading THE ATHENS RECEIVES THE KING, AND IS JOYOUS.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

from that place or that time

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

plural of “throng” — a large gathering of people

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the upper part of anything

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

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From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

the gymnastic moves of an acrobat

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

under normal conditions

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

liable to or capable of change

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a conveyance that transports people or objects

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

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From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading A crowd, usually formed of the ill-dressed and the idle, run and roar about the carriage; the trumpeters play “God save the King,” the attendants wave their hats and cheer, and the spectacle, having passed through its routine, is no more heeded.

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

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

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

From this reading EVERY one, who having heard of the splendour which is attendant upon royalty while dwelling at a distance from the scene of its display, has thence been induced to mingle himself with the crowd of ordinary spectators, must have felt how much the reality falls short of the anticipation.

during the time that

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

a Caucasian

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

which person or people

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

in the company of; together with

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading One sees a gaudy vehicle drawn slowly along, and within it a human being, apparently but ill at his ease, and obviously feeling the same danger of tumbling from his unnatural and elevated seat as one perched upon the top of a pyramid.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him: your prattling nurse Into a rapture lets her baby cry, While she chats him: the kitchen malkin pins Her richest lockram ’bout her reechy neck, Clambering the walls to eye him: stalls, bulks, windows, Are smother’d up, leads fill’d, and ridges horsed, With variable complexions; all agreeing In earnestness to see him: seld’-shewn flamens Do press among the popular throngs, and puff To win a vulgar station: our veil’d dames Commit the war of white and damask, in Their nicely-gawded cheeks, to the wanton spoil Of Phœbus’ burning kisses; such a pother, As if that whatsoever god, who leads him, Were slily crept into his human powers, And gave him graceful posture.--SHAKSPEARE.