Chapter XIX

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

anew

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

(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 I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

at or to or toward the back or rear

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

a structure or object that impedes free movement

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

relevant relation or interconnection

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

on the far side of; further than

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

with unflagging resolve

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

marked by continuous change or effective action

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest

From this reading Now it was that I realised the full dreariness of winter.

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

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

the state of containing nothing

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

plural of “explosion” — a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

opinion or judgment

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

ludicrously odd

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

borne up by or suspended in a liquid

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading Now it was that I realised the full dreariness of winter.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

material resulting from the process of grinding

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

-ing form of “herald” — foreshadow or presage

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

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

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Now it was that I realised the full dreariness of winter.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

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

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

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 I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

possessive form of “lucy” — incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

enlarged to an abnormal degree

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

any amazing or wonderful occurrence

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

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

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

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

From this reading Now it was that I realised the full dreariness of winter.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

established beyond doubt

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

successfully completed or brought to an end

From this reading Now it was that I realised the full dreariness of winter.

delivered from danger

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

covered with snow

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

(poetic) tranquil silence

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

plural of “tide” — the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

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

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

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

From this reading Now it was that I realised the full dreariness of winter.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

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From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading I AM RESCUED FROM A GREAT DANGER Lucy's illness proved so serious that all thought of Louisbourg had to be abandoned during the long weeks she lay between life and death.

past form of “weigh” — have a certain weight

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

superlative of “wild” — marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading Now it was that I realised the full dreariness of winter.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Beyond this was the black, open water, bearing the floating ice backward and forward with the changing tides, never at rest, grinding ceaselessly against the frozen barrier between it and the shore, and heralding a coming change of weather with strange, hollow explosions and moanings.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading The snow-covered fields and woods had a stillness and emptiness that weighed upon me; my eyes grew weary of the dead whiteness; and that the earth should again be green, and warm, and living, seemed to call for something little short of a miracle.

(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.

plural of “wreath” — flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

From this reading By the water-side it was worse: the drift-ice was piled along the shore in the wildest confusion, magnified and distorted by great banks and fantastic wreaths of snow.