Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
ambit
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
argosies
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
Artemis
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
ascended
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
BEACON
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
breasts
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
cloud
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
colour
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day the Moor shone full of delicate colour under the sun.
copses
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
culminating
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
Dart
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
Dartmoor
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
delicate
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day the Moor shone full of delicate colour under the sun.
Devonia
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
dimly
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
distance
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
early
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
east
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
echoed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
edges
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
faded
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
fields
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
FIRE
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
flung
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
foothills
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
forest
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
FreeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
full
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day the Moor shone full of delicate colour under the sun.
glorious
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
grassy
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
grey
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
hamlets
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
hedges
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
high
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
HILL
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
horizons
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
hugely
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
knotted
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
lands
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
leagues
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
light
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
many
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
million
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
moor
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
mosaic
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
multicoloured
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
netted
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
noon
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
north
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
out
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
patchwork
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
rained
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
ridge
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
rippled
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
sailed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
scattered
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
sea
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
seaward
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
shining
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
shone
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day the Moor shone full of delicate colour under the sun.
silvery
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
spinneys
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
spread
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
stretched
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
summer
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
summit
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
sun
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day the Moor shone full of delicate colour under the sun.
sunkissed
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FIRE BEACON HILL Free horizons stretched about the grassy summit of Fire Beacon, a culminating ridge above Dart.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
thorpes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
To-day
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To-day the Moor shone full of delicate colour under the sun.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
undulated
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
valley
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
weald
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
west
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Under them spread a mosaic of multicoloured fields netted with hedges and knotted with copses or spinneys, grey hamlets and little thorpes.
wold
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The million breasts of Artemis Devonia undulated beneath the shining patchwork and faded into distance over many leagues of sunkissed weald and wold, until they rippled dimly to the foothills and forest edges of Dartmoor, where the high lands were flung hugely out from east to west.
zenith
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It ascended from a glorious ambit of hill and valley, moor and sea; and on this silvery noon of early summer, light rained out of the zenith and echoed in the scattered cloud argosies that sailed from the north to seaward.
