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Definition of ancient
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Ancient
(n.) An
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or flag.
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Odeon
::
Odeon (n.) A kind of
theater
in
ancient
Greece,
smaller
than the
dramatic
theater
and
roofed
over, in which poets and
musicians
submitted
their works to the
approval
of the
public,
and
contended
for
prizes;
--
hence,
in
modern
usage,
the name of a hall for
musical
or
dramatic
performances..
Subarytenoid
::
Subarration
(n.) The
ancient
custom
of
betrothing
by the
bestowal,
on the part of the man, of
marriage
gifts or
tokens,
as
money,
rings,
or other
presents,
upon the
woman..
Palm
::
Palm (n.) A
branch
or leaf of the palm,
anciently
borne or worn as a
symbol
of
victory
or
rejoicing..
Hydromancy
::
Hydromancy
(n.)
Divination
by means of
water,
--
practiced
by the
ancients..
Abraxas
::
Abraxas
(n.) A
mystical
word used as a charm and
engraved
on gems among the
ancients;
also, a gem stone thus
engraved..
Basilical
::
Basilical
(a.)
Pertaining
to
certain
parts,
anciently
supposed
to have a
specially
important
function
in the
animal
economy,
as the
middle
vein of the right arm..
Frankpledge
::
Frankpledge
(n.) A
pledge
or
surety
for the good
behavior
of
freemen,
-- each
freeman
who was a
member
of an
ancient
decennary,
tithing,
or
friborg,
in
England,
being a
pledge
for the good
conduct
of the
others,
for the
preservation
of the
public
peace;
a free
surety..
Barleybreak
::
Barleybreak
(n.) An
ancient
rural game,
commonly
played
round
stacks
of
barley,
or other
grain,
in which some of the party
attempt
to catch
others
who run from a
goal..
Basilisk
::
Basilisk
(n.) A
fabulous
serpent,
or
dragon.
The
ancients
alleged
that its
hissing
would drive away all other
serpents,
and that its
breath,
and even its look, was
fatal.
See
Cockatrice..
Urus
::
Urus (n.) A very
large,
powerful,
and
savage
extinct
bovine
animal
(Bos urus /
primigenius)
anciently
abundant
in
Europe.
It
appears
to have still
existed
in the time of
Julius
Caesar.
It had very large
horns,
and was
hardly
capable
of
domestication.
Called
also, ur, ure, and tur..
Antique
::
Antique
(a.) Old;
ancient;
of
genuine
antiquity;
as, an
antique
statue.
In this sense it
usually
refers
to the
flourishing
ages of
Greece
and
Rome..
Borough-english
::
Borough-English
(n.) A
custom,
as in some
ancient
boroughs,
by which lands and
tenements
descend
to the
youngest
son,
instead
of the
eldest;
or, if the owner have no
issue,
to the
youngest
brother..
Sigla
::
Sigla (n. pl.) The
signs,
abbreviations,
letters,
or
characters
standing
for
words,
shorthand,
etc., in
ancient
manuscripts,
or on
coins,
medals,
etc..
Humanity
::
Humanity
(n.) The
branches
of
polite
or
elegant
learning;
as
language,
rhetoric,
poetry,
and the
ancient
classics;
belles-letters..
Pelusiac
::
Pelusiac
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Pelusium,
an
ancient
city of
Egypt;
as, the
Pelusiac
(or
former
eastern)
outlet
of the
Nile..
"""lachrymatory "
::
Lachrymatory
(n.) A
tear-bottle;
a
narrow-necked
vessel
found in
sepulchers
of the
ancient
Romans;
-- so
called
from a
former
notion
that the tears of the
deceased
person's
friends
were
collected
in it.
Called
also
lachrymal
or
lacrymal..
Rhetian
::
Rhetian
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
ancient
Rhaeti,
or
Rhaetians,
or to
Rhaetia,
their
country;
as, the
Rhetian
Alps, now the
country
of Tyrol and the
Grisons..
Almagest
::
Almagest
(n.) The
celebrated
work of
Ptolemy
of
Alexandria,
which
contains
nearly
all that is known of the
astronomical
observations
and
theories
of the
ancients.
The name was
extended
to other
similar
works..
Bedpost
::
Bedpost
(n.)
Anciently,
a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the
clothes
from
falling
off. See
Bedstaff..
Alogian
::
Alogian
(n.) One of an
ancient
sect who
rejected
St.
John's
Gospel
and the
Apocalypse,
which speak of
Christ
as the
Logos..
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