Chapter I

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

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

moving forward

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

with affection

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

in the past

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

(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 New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

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

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

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From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

after the expected or usual time; delayed

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

brought into existence

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

having the limits or boundaries established

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

terminate

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

inflected form of “breed” — call forth

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

capability to perform or produce

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

in a close relation or position in time or space

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

representing a plane made by cutting across something at right angles to its length

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

overfilled or compacted or concentrated

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

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From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

plural of “distance” — the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

earlier in time; previously

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

lying toward or situated in the east

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

a feeling of excitement

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

divisible by two

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

weakening in force or intensity

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

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

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

having the color of a fawn

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

any material that fills a space or container

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a formation of aircraft in flight

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

moving swiftly

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

acknowledged as a supposition

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

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

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

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

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

a longing to return home

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

plural of “homesteader” — someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

plural of “house” — a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

the quality of being humane

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the quality of being important and worthy of note

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the quality of not being perceivable by the eye

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

and nothing more

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

material for starting a fire

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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 Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a change downward

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

without limits in extent or size or quantity

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

engage in

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

Recollections of past events.

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

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

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

not any; not one

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

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

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

occurring from time to time

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

and nothing more

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

having an owner; often used in combination

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

a human being

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

plural of “possibility” — a future prospect or potential

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

a treeless grassy plain

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

of or associated with a province

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

not often

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

the extended spatial location of something

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

Identical; not different.

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

only a very short time before

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

an educational institution

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

an area that includes places where several people can sit

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

being or feeling set or kept apart from others

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

at a steady rate or pace

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

not in physical motion

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

the profession of a teacher

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

in or at that place or location

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

make physical contact with, come in contact with

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

plural of “town” — an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

not wooded

From this reading Now even these had been left behind and there was nothing but the treeless, limitless plain, with only an occasional prairie-dog town or, more rarely, a flying herd of antelope, their fawn-colored bodies fading to invisibility in the fallow-dun distances, to break the monotony.

arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

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

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

toward the west

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

in or at the place that

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

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

From this reading New England born and bred, provincial, and just now with a touch of belated homesickness acute enough to make him contrast all things primitive with the particular sort of civilization he had left behind, Philip owned to no kindling enthusiasm for the region which the school books were still teaching children to call the Great American Desert.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

belonging to which person

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

to a great degree

From this reading Shack-built prairie towns, steadily lessening in size and importance with the westward flight, had later given place to widely separated sod houses, the outworks of a slowly advancing army of pioneer homesteaders.

a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

From this reading Much earlier in the day he had exhausted the possibilities of the view from the car window.

in the company of; together with

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.

a late time of life

From this reading TO MARY ANTOINETTE LYNDE THE SAME SMALL PERSON TO WHOM MY FIRST BOOK WAS DEDICATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND WHOSE MEMORIES ARE CLOSELY LINKED WITH MINE IN THESE PAGES, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED THE TENDERFOOTS THE TENDERFOOTS FROM where he sat in the crowded day-coach, Philip Trask’s outlook was bounded by the backward-wheeling plain of eastern Colorado on one hand, and on the other by the scarcely less uninteresting cross-section of humanity filling the car to its seating capacity.