Chapter XXII

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

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

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From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

(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 "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Setting Night-lines.--An Encounter with Poachers.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

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From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

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

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

plural of “eel” — the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

come together

From this reading Setting Night-lines.--An Encounter with Poachers.

in a faithful manner

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

plural of “fisherman” — someone whose occupation is catching fish

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

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

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

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 "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

engage in

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

inflected form of “meet” — come together

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

having or showing great strength or force or intensity

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

a form of address for a man

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

a fishing line with baited hooks left in the water to catch fish over night

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

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

From this reading Setting Night-lines.--An Encounter with Poachers.

port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

a full supply

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

plural of “poacher” — someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another

From this reading Setting Night-lines.--An Encounter with Poachers.

cause to become

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

cut with a saw

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

the context and environment in which something is set

From this reading Setting Night-lines.--An Encounter with Poachers.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

to a great degree

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

carry out

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

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

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

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

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

feel or have a desire for; want strongly

From this reading You catch plenty, and if you would give me some that you doesn't want, I would take them to Norwich market and sell them.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

at the time that

From this reading "Well, Cox, you shall have all we catch and don't want," said Frank; and when he saw his friends he said,-- "Let us make a mighty night-line, and set it like the long lines the Cromer fishermen set for cods, and lay it in the broad for eels, and give all we catch to Cox.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

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

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

hope for; have a wish

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Setting Night-lines.--An Encounter with Poachers.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading I sorely want to buy a pair of blankets for the old woman and me afore the winter comes."

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Old Cox met Frank one day, and said to him in his broad Norfolk, which would be unintelligible to you were I to render it faithfully,-- "I wish you would give me some more fish, Mr. Merivale.