1893
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From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
2
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From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
3
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From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
a-day
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From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
ah
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From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
awaitverbUS /əˈweɪt/
look forward to the probable occurrence of
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
belongsverbUS /bɪˈlɔːŋz/
third-person singular of “belong” — be owned by; be in the possession of
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
put or pin the blame on
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
bloomnounUS /bluːm/
the organic process of bearing flowers
From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
chestnut-burs
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From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
remove the dust from
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
earlier in time; previously
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
fadeverbUS /feɪd/
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
freshnessnounUS /ˈfreʃnəs/
the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
frostnounUS /frɔːst/
ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
garneredverbUS /ˈɡɑːrnərd/
past form of “garner” — acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
coins made of gold
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
How
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From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
leafnounUS /liːf/
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
locksnounUS /lɑːks/
plural of “lock” — a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
feeling or showing love and affection
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
an old word for “no”
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
a purple color or pigment
From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
ruderadjectiveUS /ˈruːdər/
comparative of “rude” — socially incorrect in behavior
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
express in words
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
sharedadjectiveUS /ʃerd/
have in common; held or experienced in common
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
shieldnounUS /ʃiːld/
a protective covering or structure
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
silveryadjectiveUS /ˈsɪlvəri/
resembling or reminiscent of silver
From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
sparedverbUS /sperd/
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
the season of growth
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
thistle's
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From this reading The autumn thistle's silvery down Is not the purple bloom of May.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
trivialadjectiveUS /ˈtrɪviəl/
(informal) small and of little importance
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
literature in metrical form
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
accept gladly
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
at the time that
From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And some might say, "Those ruder songs Had freshness which the new have lost; To spring the opening leaf belongs, The chestnut-burs await the frost."
whitenverbUS /ˈwaɪtən/
turn white
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
belonging to which person
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
produce a literary work
From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading When those I wrote, my locks were brown, When these I write--ah, well a-day!
a late time of life
From this reading Go, little book, whose pages hold Those garnered years in loving trust; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust?
but in spite of that
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Volume 2 of the 1893 three volume set] [Volume 3 of the 1893 three volume set] NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the worse.
