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Quipu :: Quipu (n.) A contrivance employed by the ancient Peruvians, Mexicans, etc., as a substitute for writing and figures, consisting of a main cord, from which hung at certain distances smaller cords of various colors, each having a special meaning, as silver, gold, corn, soldiers. etc. Single, double, and triple knots were tied in the smaller cords, representing definite numbers. It was chiefly used for arithmetical purposes, and to register important facts and events..

Tarquinish :: Tarquinish (a.) Like a Tarquin, a king of ancient Rome; proud; haughty; overbearing..

Silurian :: Silurian (a.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country..

Quadragene :: Quadragene (n.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance..

Acephali :: Acephali (n. pl.) A fabulous people reported by ancient writers to have heads.

Liad :: liad (n.) A celebrated Greek epic poem, in twenty-four books, on the destruction of Ilium, the ancient Troy. The Iliad is ascribed to Homer..

Lusitanian :: Lusitanian (a.) Pertaining to Lusitania, the ancient name of the region almost coinciding with Portugal..

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

Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

Optimates :: Optimates (n. pl.) The nobility or aristocracy of ancient Rome, as opposed to the populares..

Therapeutae :: Therapeutae (n. pl.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited..

Sextary :: Sextary (n.) An ancient Roman liquid and dry measure, about equal to an English pint..

Latian :: Latian (a.) Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin..

Ancient :: Ancient (n.) Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns..

Laconian :: Laconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Laconia, a division of ancient Greece; Spartan..

Torchwort :: Torchwort (n.) The common mullein, the stalks of which, dipped in suet, anciently served for torches. Called also torch, and hig-taper..

Chelidonius :: Chelidonius (n.) A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

Pretor :: Pretor (n.) A civil officer or magistrate among the ancient Romans.

Necropolis :: Necropolis (n.) A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard..

Ancient :: Ancient (a.) Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle..

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