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Definition of former
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Former
(n.) A
cutting
die.
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Cliff Limestone
::
Cliff
limestone
() A
series
of
limestone
strata
found in Ohio and
farther
west,
presenting
bluffs
along the
rivers
and
valleys,
formerly
supposed
to be of one
formation,
but now known to be
partly
Silurian
and
partly
Devonian..
Boy
::
Boy (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in
allusion
to the
former
practice
of boys
acting
women's
parts on the
stage.
Harper
::
Harper
(n.) A brass coin
bearing
the
emblem
of a harp, --
formerly
current
in
Ireland..
Hartbeest
::
Hartbeest
(n.) A large South
African
antelope
(Alcelaphus
caama),
formerly
much more
abundant
than it is now. The face and legs are
marked
with
black,
the rump with
white..
Sinalbin
::
Sinalbin
(n.) A
glucoside
found in the seeds of white
mustard
(Brassica
alba,
formerly
Sinapis
alba),
and
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance..
Saccholactate
::
Saccholactate
(n.) A salt of
saccholactic
acid; --
formerly
called
also
saccholate.
Setwall
::
Setwall
(n.) A plant
formerly
valued
for its
restorative
qualities
(Valeriana
officinalis,
or V.
Pyrenaica)..
Mask
::
Mask (n.) A
dramatic
performance,
formerly
in
vogue,
in which the
actors
wore masks and
represented
mythical
or
allegorical
characters..
Disulphide
::
Disulphide
(n.) A
binary
compound
of
sulphur
containing
two atoms of
sulphur
in each
molecule;
--
formerly
called
disulphuret.
Cf.
Bisulphide.
Delthyris
::
Delthyris
(n.) A name
formerly
given to
certain
Silurian
brachiopod
shells
of the genus
Spirifer.
Carib
::
Carib (n.) A
native
of the
Caribbee
islands
or the
coasts
of the
Caribbean
sea; esp., one of a tribe of
Indians
inhabiting
a
region
of South
America,
north of the
Amazon,
and
formerly
most of the West India
islands..
Ignoramus
::
Ignoramus
(n.) We are
ignorant;
we
ignore;
-- being the word
formerly
written
on a bill of
indictment
by a grand jury when there was not
sufficient
evidence
to
warrant
them in
finding
it a true bill. The
phrase
now used is, No bill, No true bill, or Not
found,
though
in some
jurisdictions
Ignored
is still
used..
Primrose
::
Primrose
(a.) An early
flowering
plant of the genus
Primula
(P.
vulgaris)
closely
allied
to the
cowslip.
There are
several
varieties,
as the
white-,
the red-, the
yellow-flowered,
etc.
Formerly
called
also
primerole,
primerolles..
Past
::
Past (n.) A
former
time or
state;
a state of
things
gone by.
Purl
::
Purl (n.) Malt
liquor,
medicated
or
spiced;
formerly,
ale or beer in which
wormwood
or other
bitter
herbs had been
infused,
and which was
regarded
as
tonic;
at
present,
hot beer mixed with gin,
sugar,
and
spices..
Hurling
::
Hurling
(n.) A kind of game at ball,
formerly
played..
Atmosphere
::
Atmosphere
(n.) A
supposed
medium
around
various
bodies;
as,
electrical
atmosphere,
a
medium
formerly
supposed
to
surround
electrical
bodies..
Pompet
::
Pompet
(n.) The ball
formerly
used to ink the type.
Till
::
Till (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as;
until;
-- now used only in
respect
to time, but
formerly,
also, of
place,
degree,
etc., and still so used in
Scotland
and in parts of
England
and
Ireland;
as, I
worked
till four
o'clock;
I will wait till next
week..
Hawk
::
Hawk (n.) One of
numerous
species
and
genera
of
rapacious
birds of the
family
Falconidae.
They
differ
from the true
falcons
in
lacking
the
prominent
tooth and notch of the bill, and in
having
shorter
and less
pointed
wings.
Many are of large size and grade into the
eagles.
Some, as the
goshawk,
were
formerly
trained
like
falcons.
In a more
general
sense the word is not
infrequently
applied,
also, to true
falcons,
as the
sparrow
hawk,
pigeon
hawk, duck hawk, and
prairie
hawk..
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