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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
advantage
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
all
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
almost
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
altogether
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
appeared
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
bandy-legged
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
beard
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
black
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
blackness
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
Boadicea
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
breeches
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
bronzed
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
bullock
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
chest
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
chocolate-coloured
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
cloth
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
comb
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
deepest
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
displayed
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
disproportioned
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
drinking
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
exposure
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
Flam
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From this reading "_Flam._ Malicious fortune!
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "_Flam._ Malicious fortune!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
hair
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
head
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
like
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
malformation
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
Malicious
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From this reading "_Flam._ Malicious fortune!
man
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
mass
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
matted
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
meaning
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
moustaches
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
neck
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
Now
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
oriental
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
personage
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
preserved
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
ruffian
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
sacred
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
scissors
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
seest
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
sinister
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
size
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
skin
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
stockings
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WITCH-PRICKER.
thickset
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
thorough-paced
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
utmost
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
visage
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From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
weather
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
white
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
WITCH-PRICKER
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From this reading THE WITCH-PRICKER.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had a neck and chest like a bullock, with the sinister visage of a thorough-paced ruffian.
woven
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From this reading In size, his head and hands were altogether disproportioned to his body; his hair, beard, and moustaches, which appeared to have been preserved sacred from comb and scissors, were all woven into one matted mass, which was of the deepest black; while drinking and exposure to the weather had bronzed his skin to an almost oriental blackness.
Ænob
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From this reading _Ænob._ Now thou seest my meaning!"--_Boadicea._ The personage who appeared was a short, thickset, and bandy-legged man, whose malformation his chocolate-coloured stockings and white cloth breeches displayed to the utmost advantage.
