used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
at or in the front
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
(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 The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
Baibars's
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From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
Daoud
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From this reading _Ugly little horses_, Daoud thought.
remove the dust from
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Baibars's wing and the Tartars were riding past each other.
flutteringnounUS /ˈflʌtərɪŋ/
the motion made by flapping up and down
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
fur-trimmed
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From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
helmetsnounUS /ˈhelməts/
plural of “helmet” — armor plate that protects the head
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading _Ugly little horses_, Daoud thought.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading _Ugly little horses_, Daoud thought.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading Baibars's wing and the Tartars were riding past each other.
coated with paint
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Baibars's wing and the Tartars were riding past each other.
poniesnounUS /ˈpoʊniz/
plural of “pony” — a range horse of the western United States
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading Baibars's wing and the Tartars were riding past each other.
cut with a saw
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
spotsnounUS /spɑːts/
spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
standardadjectiveUS /ˈstændərd/
conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
TartarnounUS /ˈtɑːrtər/
a salt used especially in baking powder
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
TartarsnounUS /ˈtɑːrtərz/
plural of “tartar” — a salt used especially in baking powder
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading _Ugly little horses_, Daoud thought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
trousersnounUS /ˈtraʊzərz/
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
tunics
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From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
displeasing to the senses
From this reading _Ugly little horses_, Daoud thought.
unitnounUS /ˈjuːnət/
any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Tartars' tunics were brown, their trousers gray, and their fur-trimmed iron helmets painted red.
a Caucasian
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
wingnounUS /wɪŋ/
a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
From this reading Baibars's wing and the Tartars were riding past each other.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The ponies of the Tartar unit passing him all appeared to be white with black spots.
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Ahead of him Daoud saw Baibars's yellow standard fluttering against a sky gray with dust.
