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Definition of ancient
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Ancient
(n.) A
senior;
an
elder;
a
predecessor.
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Pin
::
Pin (n.) One of a row of pegs in the side of an
ancient
drinking
cup to mark how much each man
should
drink.
Hydroscope
::
Hydroscope
(n.) A kind of water
clock,
used
anciently
for
measuring
time, the water
tricking
from an
orifice
at the end of a
graduated
tube..
Piepowder
::
Piepowder
(n.) An
ancient
court of
record
in
England,
formerly
incident
to every fair and
market,
of which the
steward
of him who owned or had the toll was the
judge..
Syriacism
::
Syriac
(n.) The
language
of
Syria;
especially,
the
ancient
language
of that
country..
Palmette
::
Palmette
(n.) A
floral
ornament,
common
in Greek and other
ancient
architecture;
-- often
called
the
honeysuckle
ornament..
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..
O
::
O () Among the
ancients,
O was a mark of
triple
time, from the
notion
that the
ternary,
or
number
3, is the most
perfect
of
numbers,
and
properly
expressed
by a
circle,
the most
perfect
figure..
Astrology
::
Astrology
(n.) In its
etymological
signification,
the
science
of the
stars;
among the
ancients,
synonymous
with
astronomy;
subsequently,
the art of
judging
of the
influences
of the stars upon human
affairs,
and of
foretelling
events
by their
position
and
aspects..
Tammuz
::
Tammuz
(n.) A deity among the
ancient
Syrians,
in honor of whom the
Hebrew
idolatresses
held an
annual
lamentation.
This deity has been
conjectured
to be the same with the
Phoenician
Adon, or
Adonis..
Dorian
::
Dorian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
ancient
Greeks
of
Doris;
Doric;
as, a
Dorian
fashion..
Mesolabe
::
Mesolabe
(n.) An
instrument
of the
ancients
for
finding
two mean
proportionals
between
two given
lines,
required
in
solving
the
problem
of the
duplication
of the
cube..
Paean
::
Paean (n.) An
ancient
Greek hymn in honor of
Apollo
as a
healing
deity,
and,
later,
a song
addressed
to other
deities..
Lusitanian
::
Lusitanian
(a.)
Pertaining
to
Lusitania,
the
ancient
name of the
region
almost
coinciding
with
Portugal..
Chelidonius
::
Chelidonius
(n.) A small stone taken from the
gizzard
of a young
swallow.
--
anciently
worn as a
medicinal
charm.
Nepenthe
::
Nepenthe
(n.) A drug used by the
ancients
to give
relief
from pain and
sorrow;
-- by some
supposed
to have been opium or
hasheesh.
Hence,
anything
soothing
and
comforting..
Celt
::
Celt (n.) One of an
ancient
race of
people,
who
formerly
inhabited
a great part of
Central
and
Western
Europe,
and whose
descendants
at the
present
day
occupy
Ireland,
Wales,
the
Highlands
of
Scotland,
and the
northern
shores
of
France..
Bedstaff
::
Bedstaff
(n.) A
wooden
pin stuck
anciently
on the sides of the
bedstead,
to hold the
clothes
from
slipping
on
either
side..
Sanbenito
::
Sanbenito
(n.)
Anciently,
a
sackcloth
coat worn by
penitents
on being
reconciled
to the
church..
Breton
::
Breton
(n.) A
native
or
inhabitant
of
Brittany,
or
Bretagne,
in
France;
also, the
ancient
language
of
Brittany;
Armorican..
Idumean
::
Idumean
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
ancient
Idumea,
or Edom, in
Western
Asia..
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