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Cornage :: Cornage (n.) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn..

Cromlech :: Cromlech (n.) A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countries inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries..

Flail :: Flail (n.) An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded..

Capricorn :: Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish..

Sambuke :: Sambuke (n.) An ancient stringed instrument used by the Greeks, the particular construction of which is unknown..

Obolus :: Obolus (n.) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm..

Pentachord :: Pentachord (n.) An ancient instrument of music with five strings.

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

Parsee :: Parsee (n.) One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber..

Kermes :: Kermes (n.) The dried bodies of the females of a scale insect (Coccus ilicis), allied to the cochineal insect, and found on several species of oak near the Mediterranean. They are round, about the size of a pea, contain coloring matter analogous to carmine, and are used in dyeing. They were anciently thought to be of a vegetable nature, and were used in medicine..

Ancientness :: Ancientness (n.) The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.

Arriere-ban :: Arriere-ban (n.) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France..

Ramayana :: Ramayana (n.) The more ancient of the two great epic poems in Sanskrit. The hero and heroine are Rama and his wife Sita.

Staddle :: Stacte (n.) One of the sweet spices used by the ancient Jews in the preparation of incense. It was perhaps an oil or other form of myrrh or cinnamon, or a kind of storax..

Bard :: Bard (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men..

Church Modes :: Church modes () The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.

Angel :: Angel (n.) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael. It varied in value from 6s. 8d. to 10s..

Cope :: Cope (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England..

Halberd :: Halberd (n.) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form..

Almagra :: Almagra (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver..

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