used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
agencynounUS /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
an administrative unit of government
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
assembledverbUS /əˈsembəld/
past form of “assemble” — create by putting components or members together
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
blastverbUS /blæst/
make a strident sound
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
blazedverbUS /bleɪzd/
past form of “blaze” — shine brightly and intensively
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
inflected form of “bear” — have
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
DaviesnounUS /ˈdeɪviz/
plural of “davy” — English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
(plural) the deepest and most remote part
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
easternadjectiveUS /ˈiːstərn/
lying toward or situated in the east
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
divisible by two
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
frozenadjectiveUS /ˈfroʊzən/
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
galenounUS /ɡeɪl/
a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
half-frozen
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
a commissioned military officer
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
lodgesnounUS /ˈlɑːdʒəz/
plural of “lodge” — English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
mercurynounUS /ˈmɜːrkjəri/
a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
nethermostadjective
farthest down
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
polenounUS /poʊl/
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
prairiesnounUS /ˈpreɪriz/
plural of “prairie” — a treeless grassy plain
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
rapidsnounUS /ˈræpədz/
plural of “rapid” — a part of a river where the current is very fast
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
(of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
shelteredadjectiveUS /ˈʃeltərd/
protected from danger or bad weather
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
SiouxnounUS /suː/
a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
solidadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːləd/
characterized by good substantial quality
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
squadnounUS /skwɑːd/
a smallest army unit
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
sundogs
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
sunkadjectiveUS /sʌŋk/
doomed to extinction
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
possessing sweep
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
swoopedverbUS /swuːpt/
past form of “swoop” — move down on as if in an attack
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
trader'snounUS /ˈtreɪdərz/
possessive form of “trader” — someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
troopersnounUS /ˈtruːpərz/
plural of “trooper” — a soldier in a motorized army unit
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
tubesnounUS /tuːbz/
plural of “tube” — conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
From this reading The mercury in the tubes at the trader's store had sunk to the nethermost depths.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
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 The sundogs blazed in the eastern sky, and even the rapids of the Running Water seemed turned to solid blue.
WednesdaynounUS /ˈwenzdi/
the fourth day of the week; the third working day
From this reading The gale that swept the prairies on Wednesday had died away.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading Borne on the wings of the blast, straight from the frozen pole, the Ice King had swooped upon the sheltered valley.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Long remembered at the agency and among the lodges of the assembled Sioux was the morning of the arrival of Lieutenant Davies with a squad of half-frozen troopers at his back.
