Chapter III

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

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

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From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Where hest te been, &c.

two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

plural of “bull” — uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading Where hest te been, &c.

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From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

travel across or pass over

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

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From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

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From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

plural of “head” — the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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From this reading Where hest te been, &c.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

possessive form of “jackson” — English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

plural of “key” — metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

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From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

possessive form of “mayor” — the head of a city government

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

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 Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

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From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

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From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

cut with a saw

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold

From this reading Where hest te been, &c.

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From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

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

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

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

From this reading Fra there aw went alang the Brig, and up to Jackson's Chare, Then back agyen to the Cross Keys, but cuddent find thee there.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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

From this reading Then aw went into the Three Bulls' Heads, and down the Lang Stairs, And a' the way alang the Close, as far as Mr. Mayor's.

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From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

in or at the place that

From this reading Where hest te been, &c.

a midwestern state in north central United States

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.

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

From this reading Then comin out o' Pipergate, aw met wi' Willy Rigg, Whe tell'd me that he saw the stannen p----n on the Brig Where hest te been, &c.