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''em :: 'Em () An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them..

His :: His (pron.) Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready; formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete..

Old-fashioned :: Old-fashioned (a.) Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl..

"""buff " :: Buff (n.) A buffet; a blow; -- obsolete except in the phrase Blindman's buff..

Harmoniphon :: Harmoniphon (n.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube..

Legacy :: Legacy (n.) A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like..

Lengest :: Lengest (a.) Longer; longest; -- obsolete compar. and superl. of long.

Obsolescent :: Obsolescent (a.) Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.

Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; -- obsolete, except as a place name, -- as Fleet Street in London..

Went :: Went () imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go..

Exolete :: Exolete (a.) Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid.

Cornopean :: Cornopean (n.) An obsolete name for the cornet-a-piston.

Cornet :: Cornet (n.) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family..

Ycleped :: Ycleped (p. p.) Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings..

Warranty :: Warranty (n.) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant..

Y- :: Y- () A prefix of obscure meaning, originally used with verbs, adverbs, adjectives, nouns, and pronouns. In the Middle English period, it was little employed except with verbs, being chiefly used with past participles, though occasionally with the infinitive Ycleped, or yclept, is perhaps the only word not entirely obsolete which shows this use..

Antiquated :: Antiquated (a.) Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law..

Obsolete :: Obsolete (v. i.) To become obsolete; to go out of use.

Obsoletely :: Obsoletely (adv.) In an obsolete manner.

Ketch :: Ketch (n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden..

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