Chapter XIII

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

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

anew

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

plural of “age” — how long something has existed

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

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

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

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

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But why this constant doing and undoing of things?

showing who or what does the action

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

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From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

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

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

plural of “cave” — a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

marked by continuous change or effective action

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

a compact mass

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unvarying in nature

From this reading But why this constant doing and undoing of things?

-ing form of “crumble” — fall apart

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

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an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

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From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

the last (12th) month of the year

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading But why this constant doing and undoing of things?

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

remove the dust from

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

think moodily or anxiously about something

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either extremity of something that has length

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

tiresomely long; seemingly without end

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

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

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

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

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

plural of “glacier” — a slowly moving mass of ice

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

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 (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

the act of departing

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924)

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods

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be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

changed from a solid to a liquid state

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

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

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

plural of “mountain” — a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

and nothing more

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

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From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

above and across; more than

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

plural of “plain” — extensive tract of level open land

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

located or moved above the surround or above the normal position

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

Identical; not different.

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which includes lizards; in former classifications included also the crocodiles and dinosaurs

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

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

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

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

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

a special situation

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading But why this constant doing and undoing of things?

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

From this reading But why this constant doing and undoing of things?

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

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

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

From this reading But why this constant doing and undoing of things?

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

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

precisely as stated

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We know them only by the marks they left on the walls of time.

in or at the place that

From this reading (DECEMBER) "A fire-mist and a planet, A crystal and a cell, A jelly fish and a saurian And caves where the cavemen dwell; Then a sense of law and beauty And a face turned from the clod-- Some call it Evolution, And others call it God."

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

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading But why this constant doing and undoing of things?

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From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading --_William Herbert Carruth._ THE END OF THE WORLD So the Ice Ages and their glaciers and the Romans and their Cæsars melted away.

Damaged or thinned by continuous use.

From this reading We have seen it going on from the very beginning; rock crumbling to dust, dust changing back to rock; rocks raised up into mountains, mountains worn down to plains; then more mountains, and on through the same cycle of endless change; as if always starting the whole thing over again.