used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
Arkansaw
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From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
baconnounUS /ˈbeɪkən/
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading It beat his time, that drouth.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
bonenounUS /boʊn/
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
drouthnoun
a prolonged shortage
From this reading It beat his time, that drouth.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
felloes
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From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
friedadjectiveUS /fraɪd/
cooked by frying in fat
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
FUNERALnounUS /ˈfjuːnərəl/
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It beat his time, that drouth.
Joe
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From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
LynchverbUS /lɪntʃ/
kill without legal sanction
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
mid-morning
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From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
MorgannounUS /ˈmɔːrɡən/
United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca (1818-1881)
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
pesteredadjectiveUS /ˈpestərd/
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
pourverbUS /pɔːr/
cause to run
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
past form of “pour” — cause to run
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
rindnounUS /raɪnd/
the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
shrinkingnounUS /ˈʃrɪŋkɪŋ/
process or result of becoming less or smaller
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
spellsnounUS /spelz/
plural of “spell” — a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
make square
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
swellverbUS /swel/
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
in or at that place or location
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
tightenverbUS /ˈtaɪtən/
make tight or tighter
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It beat his time, that drouth.
tiresnounUS /ˈtaɪərz/
plural of “tire” — hoop that covers a wheel
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading He had been through some hot and dry spells in the Arkansaw Valley, but never one as dry and hot as this.
wagonnounUS /ˈwæɡən/
any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
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 WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading A man was pestered clean out of his senses by his tires coming off, his felloes shrinking up like a fried bacon rind in that dry weather, Joe said.
(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 WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
wheelsnounUS /wiːlz/
plural of “wheel” — a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
WHINERSnounUS /ˈwaɪnərz/
plural of “whiner” — a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining
From this reading WHINERS AT THE FUNERAL Joe Lynch, the bone man, stopped at the well in the public square to pour water on his wagon tires.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading He told Morgan this as he poured water slowly on his wheels to swell the wood and tighten the tires, there at the town well in the mid-morning of that summer day.
