used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
the performance of a part or role in a drama
From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
on or to one side
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading _Sim._ Beat my feyther!
bondnounUS /bɑːnd/
an electrical force linking atoms
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
crack'd
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From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
defencenounUS /dɪˈfens/
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
divideverbUS /dɪˈvaɪd/
separate into parts or portions
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
Ecod
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From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
opinion or judgment
From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
father'snounUS /ˈfɑːðərz/
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
feyther
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From this reading _Sim._ Beat my feyther!
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Thou must first beat me.
the state of being friends (or friendly)
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
he's
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From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thou must first beat me.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Thou must first beat me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Sim._ Beat my feyther!
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
not any; not one
From this reading No, no.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading [_Puts his handkerchief to his eyes._] _Sim._ Ecod! he's not acting now!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
posturenounUS /ˈpɑːstʃər/
the arrangement of the body and its limbs
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
the activity of protecting someone or something
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
PutsnounUS /pʊts/
plural of “put” — the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
rebelnounUS /ˈrebəl/
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
RovernounUS /ˈroʊvər/
someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
concerned with religion or religious purposes
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
Sim
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From this reading _Sim._ Beat my feyther!
a male human offspring
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
plural of “subject” — the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou must first beat me.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
twixt
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From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
in the company of; together with
From this reading [_Puts himself in a posture of defence._] _Rover._ [_Aside, with great feeling._] "Though love cool, friendship fall off, brothers divide, subjects rebel, oh! never let the sacred bond be crack'd 'twixt son and father!"--I never knew a father's protection, never had a father to protect.
