Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

anew

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

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

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

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From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

for the reason that

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

plural of “blind” — people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

very pleasing to the eye

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

remove the dust from

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

the side that is forward or prominent

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

coins made of gold

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

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From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

any place of pain and turmoil

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

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

From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

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

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

in a willing manner

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

on one occasion

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

inflected form of “pan” — make a sweeping movement

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

eminent beyond or above comparison

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

someone who explores an area for mineral deposits

From this reading --"The Prospector."

To recall to mind.

From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

move upward

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

a state of social isolation

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

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

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

having a pattern of dots

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

not moving or operating freely

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

plural of “thousand” — the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

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

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

(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 We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

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

From this reading We were well in front of the Argonaut army, but already thousands were in advance of us.

at the time that

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading I will always remember my first day in the gold-camp.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.

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

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

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

From this reading You'd follow it in hunger, and you'd follow it in cold; You'd follow it in solitude and pain; And when you're stiff and battened down let some one whisper "Gold," You're lief to rise and follow it again.

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

From this reading THE CAMP For once you've panned the speckled sand and seen the bonny dust, Its peerless brightness blinds you like a spell; It's little else you care about; you go because you must, And you feel that you could follow it to hell.