adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
auldadjectiveUS /ɔːld/
a Scottish word
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
biddingnounUS /ˈbɪdɪŋ/
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
brocht
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From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
businessnounUS /ˈbɪznəs/
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
cameverbUS /keɪm/
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
certifeed
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From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
coffinnounUS /ˈkɔːfɪn/
box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
dae
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From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
deathnounUS /deθ/
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
dudsnounUS /dʌdz/
informal terms for clothing
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
ettled
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From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
folknounUS /foʊk/
people in general (often used in the plural)
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
fournounUS /fɔːr/
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
gotverbUS /ɡɑːt/
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
gravenounUS /ɡreɪv/
death of a person
From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
handnounUS /hænd/
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
heardadjectiveUS /hɜːrd/
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
hillsnounUS /hɪlz/
plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
housenounUS /haʊs/
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
howkit
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From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
juist
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From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
laidadjectiveUS /leɪd/
set down according to a plan
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
lanely
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From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
leftnounUS /left/
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
milenounUS /maɪl/
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
mindit
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From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
onounUS /oʊ/
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
procurator-fiscal
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From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
promisedverbUS /ˈprɑːməst/
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
putverbUS /pʊt/
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
restverbUS /rest/
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
saxteen
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From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
staffnounUS /stæf/
personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
swornadjectiveUS /swɔːrn/
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
Syne
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From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
tae
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From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
tapverbUS /tæp/
cut a female screw thread with a tap
From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
thereadverbUS /ðer/
in or at that place or location
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
townnounUS /taʊn/
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
twentynounUS /ˈtwenti/
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Syne the procurator-fiscal came and certifeed the death and the rest was left tae me.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So we brocht him up to the house and laid him there till the folk i' the town had heard o' the business.
whaur
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From this reading It was saxteen mile to the hills, and yin and twenty to the lanely tap whaur he had howkit his grave.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
woodenadjectiveUS /ˈwʊdən/
made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood
From this reading I got a wooden coffin made and put him in it, juist as he was, wi' his staff in his hand and his auld duds about him.
wordnounUS /wɜːrd/
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
yinnounUS /jɪn/
the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology
From this reading I mindit o' my sworn word, for I was yin o' the four that had promised, and I ettled to dae his bidding.
