used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
(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 "It's all over this country the same way.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
ASCALON
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From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
the lower side of anything
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
lacking funds
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
can't
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From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
a quad with a square body
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
an act that fails
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
It's
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From this reading "It's all over this country the same way.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
engage in
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
a feeling of thoughtful sadness
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
MorgannounUS /ˈmɔːrɡən/
United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
information about recent and important events
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "It's all over this country the same way.
a full supply
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
prairienounUS /ˈpreri/
a treeless grassy plain
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
raise the level or amount of something
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
recordsnounUS /rəˈkɔːrdz/
plural of “record” — anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
risesnounUS /ˈraɪzəz/
plural of “rise” — a growth in strength or number or importance
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "It's all over this country the same way.
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
seednounUS /siːd/
a small hard fruit
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
starvedadjectiveUS /stɑːrvd/
suffering from lack of food
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
express a supposition
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
carry out
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "It's all over this country the same way.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading It broke 'em as fast as they came, starved 'em and took the heart out of 'em and drove 'em away.
the upper part of anything
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
tracesnounUS /ˈtreɪsəz/
plural of “trace” — a just detectable amount
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
tested and proved useful or correct
From this reading Plenty of them have come here from the East and tried it--I suppose you must 'a' seen the traces of them scattered around as you come through the country east of Ascalon."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Morgan admitted that he had seen such traces, melancholy records of failure that they were.
in or at the place that
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading NEWS FROM ASCALON "Down here in the river bottom, where the water rises close to the top of the ground, you can raise a little corn and stuff, but take it back on the prairie a little way and you can't make your seed back, year in and year out.
