Chapter IV

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading Cigarette smoke was curling above the immaculateness of the bed.

past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Cigarette smoke was curling above the immaculateness of the bed.

an authoritative command or request

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

touched lightly in passing; grazed against

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

From this reading Cigarette smoke was curling above the immaculateness of the bed.

clothing in general

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

lacking warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target

From this reading Cigarette smoke was curling above the immaculateness of the bed.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

having or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

past form of “dilate” — become wider

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

accept an excuse for

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

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

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

past form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

in a gradual manner

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

the state of being spotlessly clean

From this reading Cigarette smoke was curling above the immaculateness of the bed.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

any entry into an area not previously occupied

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

befitting a woman of good breeding

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

used to form the superlative

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

plural of “nostril” — either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

having or showing only one eye

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

past form of “remind” — put in the mind of someone

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

separated in relationship by a given degree of descent

From this reading Hugh removed his cigarette.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

being of delicate or slender build

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas

From this reading Cigarette smoke was curling above the immaculateness of the bed.

(plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

be agreeable or acceptable to

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.

a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

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

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

someone engaged in or experienced in warfare

From this reading “Excuse the intrusion,” he said in his most dignified and ladylike manner, and, as he gazed at the one-eyed warrior, his nostrils dilated.

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

From this reading Cigarette smoke was curling above the immaculateness of the bed.

a Caucasian

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

in the company of; together with

From this reading A BOBBED HEAD As Leonard Grimshaw’s hair gradually deserted him, he brushed it up in a more and more aggressive tuft; and as he entered the White Room now he reminded Hugh of a cockatoo, with his crest and his slender, sharp nose and shell-rimmed spectacles.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “I come at Miss Frink’s behest to get your suit of clothes,” he added coldly.