Chapter V

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

using the voice; not silently

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

plural of “call” — a telephone connection

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

plural of “cry” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

send away towards a designated goal

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

the pleasure felt when having a good time

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

start firing a weapon

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”

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

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

the solid part of the earth's surface

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

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

From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”

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

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

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

From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”

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

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

past form of “intersperse” — place at intervals in or among

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people

From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”

an intermediate platform in a staircase

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

immediately past

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

held up in the air

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

the act of hearing attentively

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

a written account of what transpired at a meeting

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

not able to be found

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

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 God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

a child who has lost both parents

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

plural of “potato” — an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

an adherent of Protestantism

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

shake with fast, tremulous movements

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

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

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

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From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

propel through the air

From this reading And then aloud, “She’s afther goin’ out to the dhryin’ ground to throw out a few aper’rns to blaych.”

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

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

past form of “toil” — work hard

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

producing no result or effect

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

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

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

on a floor above

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading She had been listening for some minutes with grim enjoyment to cries from the landing upstairs; unavailing calls for Louisa, interspersed with the dumb galvanic quiver of a bell-less bellwire, and at last Francie’s voice at the angle half-way down the kitchen stairs had entreated her to find and despatch to her the missing Protestant orphan.

during the time that

From this reading Then Norry had said to herself, while she lifted the pot of potatoes off the fire, “Throuble-the-house!

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”

in the company of; together with

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

intense anger (usually on an epic scale)

From this reading Norry the Boat toiled up the back stairs with wrath in her heart.

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

From this reading God knows I’m heart-scalded with the whole o’ yees!”