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Pornography :: Pornography (n.) Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies..

Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Known for a long time, or from early times; -- opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent..

Geez :: Geez (n.) The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

Minion :: Minion (n.) An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches..

Protatic :: Protatic (a.) Of or pertaining to the protasis of an ancient play; introductory.

Zend-avesta :: Zend-Avesta (n.) The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date..

Hyads :: Hyads (n.pl.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun..

Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..

Freemason :: Freemason (n.) One of an ancient and secret association or fraternity, said to have been at first composed of masons or builders in stone, but now consisting of persons who are united for social enjoyment and mutual assistance..

Cuniform :: Cuniform (a.) Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them..

Falcon :: Falcon (n.) An ancient form of cannon.

Crannoge :: Crannoge (n.) One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake..

Cervelat :: Cervelat (n.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone..

Doric :: Doric (a.) Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect..

Spheric :: Spheric (a.) Of or pertaining to the heavenly orbs, or to the sphere or spheres in which, according to ancient astronomy and astrology, they were set..

Garum :: Garum (n.) A sauce made of small fish. It was prized by the ancients.

Maccabees :: Maccabees (n. pl.) The name of two ancient historical books, which give accounts of Jewish affairs in or about the time of the Maccabean princes, and which are received as canonical books in the Roman Catholic Church, but are included in the Apocrypha by Protestants. Also applied to three books, two of which are found in some MSS. of the Septuagint..

Knight Bachelor :: Knight bachelor () A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4..

Antiqueness :: Antiqueness (n.) The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship.

Gleeman :: Gleeman (n.) A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.

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