Chapter I

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

(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 Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

at another time

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

the verbal act of requesting

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

From this reading And--’A blind Understanding!’

postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

relating to or characteristic of Christianity

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

covered with a layer of dust

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

feel or handle with the fingers

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

destroyed or killed

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

someone employed to conduct others

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

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

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

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

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

an artificial source of visible illumination

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

having abundant light or illumination

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

small in range or scope

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

the force of workers available

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

in motion

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

the month following October and preceding December

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

righteousness by virtue of being pious

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

a recklessly extravagant consumer

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

third-person singular of “prosper” — make steady progress; be at the high point in one's career or reach a high point in historical significance or importance

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

prepared and printed for distribution and sale

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

inflected form of “reply” — react verbally

From this reading Heav’n replied."

uttered with a trill

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

a male human offspring

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

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

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

plural of “turn” — a circular segment of a curve

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

From this reading And--’A blind Understanding!’

a formal word for “on”

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

clean with some chemical process

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Asking, ’What Lamp had Destiny to guide Her little Children stumbling in the Dark?’

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world

From this reading *THE PRODIGAL SON* *PART I* "_The worldly hope men set their hearts upon_ _Turns ashes--or it prospers; and anon_ _Like Snow upon the desert’s dusty face_ _Lighting a little hour or two--is gone._" Iceland had never looked more wonderful.

(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

third-person singular of “write” — produce a literary work

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Author of The Manxman, The Deemster, The Christian The Eternal City, etc., etc. "_The Moving Finger writes: and having writ,_ _Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit_ _Shall lure it back to cancel half a line,_ _Nor all your tears wash out a word of it._" Toronto Morang & Co. Limited _Published, November, 1904_ "Then to the rolling Heav’n itself I cried.