Chapter I

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

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

(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 With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

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

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

plural of “barren” — an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

of a bluish shade of green

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

(plural) the lay members of a male religious order

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uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

the quantity contained in a carton

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

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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 Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

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From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

a game resembling handball; played on a court with a front wall and two side walls

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

having a pattern of dots

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

for a limitless time

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

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From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

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inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

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

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

of less size or importance

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

American Revolutionary leader who served in the Continental Congress and as minister to France (1746-1813)

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

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 With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

past form of “march” — march in a procession

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

having or showing great strength or force or intensity

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

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From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

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From this reading The air tingled with the spicery of myriads of pine trees.

plural of “needle” — the leaf of a conifer

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

above your head; in the sky

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

a coniferous tree

From this reading The air tingled with the spicery of myriads of pine trees.

plural of “pine” — a coniferous tree

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

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From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

plural of “regiment” — army unit smaller than a division

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

plural of “row” — an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

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From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

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past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

for that reason; with the result that

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a male human offspring

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored

From this reading The air tingled with the spicery of myriads of pine trees.

not in physical motion

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

waves breaking on the shore

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

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

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

plural of “three” — the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

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From this reading The air tingled with the spicery of myriads of pine trees.

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

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

of the highest quality

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785)

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

plural of “two” — the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

the topmost one of two

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

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 With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

during the time that

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a Caucasian

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which person or people

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

belonging to which person

From this reading Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the drifted snow.

a means of flight or ascent

From this reading Through their tops forever sounded the far-away roar of the surf of the upper air, like the rushing of mighty wings, while overhead hung a sky whose cold blue seemed flecked with frost.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.

in the company of; together with

From this reading With Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull and Carton Moorepark _To my Son Gurdon Trumbull Scoville who has learned to know and love so many of our Lesser Brethren of Earth and Air and Water this book is dedicated_ All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white.