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archaic
1. n. (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the W
2. n. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
3. adj. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
4. adj. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity.
5. adj. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
Child
1. n. alternative case form of child often used when referring to God (Jesus) or another important child who is understood from context.
2. n. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
Go easy on him: he is but a child.
3. n. (obsolete) a female child, a girl.
4. n. (with possessive) One's son or daughter, regardless of age.
My youngest child is forty-three.
5. n. (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
6. n. (figuratively) A figurative offspring, particularly:
7. n. A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
The children of Israel.
He is a child of his times.
8. n. Anything derived from or caused by something.
Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.
9. n. (computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.
The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
pinafore
1. n. A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes. Most often worn by young girls as an overdress.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
bib
1. n. An item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.
2. n. Similar items of clothing such as the Chinese dudou and Vietnamese yem.
3. n. (sports) A rectangular piece of material, carrying a bib number, worn as identification by entrants in a race
4. n. (sports) A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
5. n. The upper part of an apron or overalls.
6. n. A patch of colour around an animal's upper breast and throat.
7. n. A north Atlantic fish (Trisopterus luscus), allied to the cod; the pouting.
8. n. A bibcock.
9. v. To dress (somebody) in a bib.
10. v. (intransitive, archaic) To drink heartily; to tipple.
11. v. (informal) To beep (e.g. a car horn).

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