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Definition of anciently
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Anciently
(adv.)
In an
ancient
manner.
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Poleaxe
::
Poleaxe
(n.)
Anciently,
a kind of
battle-ax
with a long
handle;
later,
an ax or
hatchet
with a short
handle,
and a head
variously
patterned;
-- used by
soldiers,
and also by
sailors
in
boarding
a
vessel..
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..
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..
Pennyweight
::
Pennyweight
(n.) A troy
weight
containing
twenty-four
grains,
or the
twentieth
part of an
ounce;
as, a
pennyweight
of gold or of
arsenic.
It was
anciently
the
weight
of a
silver
penny,
whence
the
name..
Annates
::
Annates
(n. pl.) The first
year's
profits
of a
spiritual
preferment,
anciently
paid by the
clergy
to the pope; first
fruits.
In
England,
they now form a fund for the
augmentation
of poor
livings..
Cinque Ports
::
Cinque
Ports () Five
English
ports,
to which
peculiar
privileges
were
anciently
accorded;
-- viz.,
Hastings,
Romney,
Hythe,
Dover,
and
Sandwich;
afterwards
increased
by the
addition
of
Winchelsea,
Rye, and some minor
places..
Halcyon
::
Halcyon
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
resembling,
the
halcyon,
which was
anciently
said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea
during
the calm
weather
about the
winter
solstice..
Anciently
::
Anciently
(adv.)
In
ancient
times.
Sanbenito
::
Sanbenito
(n.)
Anciently,
a
sackcloth
coat worn by
penitents
on being
reconciled
to the
church..
Bower
::
Bower (n.)
Anciently,
a
chamber;
a
lodging
room; esp., a
lady's
private
apartment..
Saracen
::
Saracen
(n.)
Anciently,
an Arab;
later,
a
Mussulman;
in the
Middle
Ages, the
common
term among
Christians
in
Europe
for a
Mohammedan
hostile
to the
crusaders..
Acontias
::
Acontias
(n.)
Anciently,
a
snake,
called
dart
snake;
now, one of a genus of
reptiles
closely
allied
to the
lizards..
Lesbian
::
Lesbian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
island
anciently
called
Lesbos,
now
Mitylene,
in the
Grecian
Archipelago..
Prodigy
::
Prodigy
(n.)
Something
extraordinary,
or out of the usual
course
of
nature,
from which omens are
drawn;
a
portent;
as,
eclipses
and
meteors
were
anciently
deemed
prodigies..
Spleeny
::
Spleenwort
(n.) Any fern of the genus
Asplenium,
some
species
of which were
anciently
used as
remedies
for
disorders
of the
spleen..
Chelidonius
::
Chelidonius
(n.) A small stone taken from the
gizzard
of a young
swallow.
--
anciently
worn as a
medicinal
charm.
Ternary
::
Ternary
(a.)
Proceeding
by
threes;
consisting
of
three;
as, the
ternary
number
was
anciently
esteemed
a
symbol
of
perfection,
and held in great
veneration..
Pornography
::
Pornography
(n.)
Licentious
painting
or
literature;
especially,
the
painting
anciently
employed
to
decorate
the walls of rooms
devoted
to
bacchanalian
orgies..
Javelin
::
"Javelin
(n.) A sort of light
spear,
to be
thrown
or cast by thew hand;
anciently,
a
weapon
of war used by
horsemen
and foot
soldiers;
now used
chiefly
in
hunting
the wild boar and other
fierce
game..
Anciently
::
Anciently
(adv.)
In an
ancient
manner.
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