Chapter 9 of The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2) is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2) is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[271] _stonde_] Marshe’s ed. “stande.” [272] _Thyse lewde cok wattes_] Marshe’s ed. “These _lewd cok_ witts.” [273] _Twyst_] W. de Worde’s ed. P. L. C., “Whist.”
Chapter 9 of The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2) is here in full — 316 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““These _lewd cok_ witts.””
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From this reading [271] _stonde_] Marshe’s ed. “stande.”
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From this reading [272] _Thyse lewde cok wattes_] Marshe’s ed.
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From this reading [273] _Twyst_] W. de Worde’s ed.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading P. L. C., “Whist.”
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From this reading [272] _Thyse lewde cok wattes_] Marshe’s ed.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading [273] _Twyst_] W. de Worde’s ed.
impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
From this reading [271] _stonde_] Marshe’s ed. “stande.”
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading P. L. C., “Whist.”
suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
From this reading “These _lewd cok_ witts.”
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From this reading [272] _Thyse lewde cok wattes_] Marshe’s ed.
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From this reading [271] _stonde_] Marshe’s ed. “stande.”
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 P. L. C., “Whist.”
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From this reading [271] _stonde_] Marshe’s ed. “stande.”
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From this reading [271] _stonde_] Marshe’s ed. “stande.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These _lewd cok_ witts.”
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From this reading [272] _Thyse lewde cok wattes_] Marshe’s ed.
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From this reading [273] _Twyst_] W. de Worde’s ed.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading [273] _Twyst_] W. de Worde’s ed.
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From this reading [272] _Thyse lewde cok wattes_] Marshe’s ed.
a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six
From this reading P. L. C., “Whist.”
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From this reading “These _lewd cok_ witts.”
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From this reading [273] _Twyst_] W. de Worde’s ed.
Chapter 9 of The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Skelton holds 316 sentences, grouped into 64 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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