Ar
[,e'ɑr]
Definition
(conj.) Ere; before.
Typist: Naomi
Examples
- I'm glad Mas'r didn't go off this morning, as he looked to, said Tom; that ar hurt me more than sellin', it did. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If Missis would only be so good as read that ar',--it's better than water. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Lord han't forgot us,--I'm sartin' o' that ar'. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Miss Phelia; dat ar an't no way for ladies to do. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'm sure I'd rather be sold, ten thousand times over, than to have all that ar poor crittur's got to answer for. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On his reversing the ar rangement, and carrying on the process for a similar length of time, the sulphuric acid appeared in the agate cup, and the solution of lime on the opposite side. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Yer a brave gal, now, whoever ye ar! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Both them ar chaps parsons? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yer mind dat ar great chicken pie I made when we guv de dinner to General Knox? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My De-ar, this is becoming Awful--' her father was emphatically beginning: when she stopped him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Missis has spilt lots dat ar way, said Dinah, coming uneasily to the drawers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I wish't I was gwine that ar way! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- What's dat ar book, any way? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I hope none our family ever be brought to dat ar, while I 's got hands. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why, that ar fellow managed his master's whole farm. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- One was called the Ars Memorandi, or Art of Remembering, and the other the Ars Moriendi, or Art of Knowing How to Die. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The appearance of M ars, perhaps on account of its reddish color, was associated in their imaginations with war. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The books I remember were the ‘Ars Memorandi,’ the ‘Ars Moriendi,’ and the ‘Biblia Pauperum,’ and the last had no less than forty pictures, with written explanations underneath. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He carried the Ars Moriendi there, and found the Abbot in the library, looking over the manuscripts of several monks. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Editor: Monica