Chapter II

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

anew

From this reading Those rascally boys again.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

feeling or showing anger

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading They’ve put up another spring-board.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

cleanse the entire body

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading Those rascally boys again.

eat an early morning meal

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

having a hardened crust as a covering

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

hunting ducks

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

a quad with a square body

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

having an (over)abundance of flesh

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

a person who exercises control over workers

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

equally distant from the extremes

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading “Mister Murphy, I say.

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

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

people of Ireland or of Irish extraction

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

an abrupt spasmodic movement

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

and nothing more

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

a form of address for a man

From this reading “Mister Murphy, I say.

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

From this reading “Mister Murphy, I say.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

plural of “pocket” — a small pouch inside a garment for carrying small articles

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

a small lake

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading They’ve put up another spring-board.

playful in an appealingly bold way

From this reading Those rascally boys again.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

a large sawing machine

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

express in words

From this reading “Mister Murphy, I say.

plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading They’ve put up another spring-board.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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From this reading They’ve put up another spring-board.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Those rascally boys again.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading Twenty times I’ve forbidden ’em to bathe in my pond.

not expected or anticipated

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

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

From this reading They’ve put up another spring-board.

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

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

having a tone of a reed instrument

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.

in the company of; together with

From this reading AN UNEXPECTED DUCKING Just about the time that Barnaby Vernon sat down to his first breakfast at his hotel, old Gershom Todderley, the fat and crusty miller of Ogleport, stood, with his hands in his pockets, halfway between the dam and the sawmill, jerking wheezy, angry sentences at the head of his Irish foreman.