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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.
dipped
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of dip
     2. adj. That has been briefly immersed in a liquid.
     3. adj. Of headlights: lowered.
     4. adj. (archaic, colloquial) Caught up in debt; mortgaged.
     dip
          1. n. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
                There is a dip in the road ahead.
          2. n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
          3. n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
          4. n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
          5. n. A dip stick.
          6. n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
                I'm going for a dip before breakfast.
          7. n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
          8. n. A sauce for dipping.
                This onion dip is just scrumptious.
          9. n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
          10. n. (archaic) A dipped candle.
          11. n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader
          12. n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straighte
          13. n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
          14. n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
          15. n. The moist form of snuff tobacco.
          16. v. To lower into a liquid.
                Dip your biscuit into your tea.
          17. v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
          18. v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
          19. v. To lower a light's beam.
                Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car.
          20. v. To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag bei
                “The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return.”
          21. v. To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
                The farmer is going to dip the cattle today.
          22. v. To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
          23. v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
          24. v. To immerse for baptism.
          25. v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
          26. v. (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
          27. v. To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
                to dip water from a boiler; to dip out water
          28. v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
          29. v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
          30. v. To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
          31. v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
                Strata of rock dip.
          32. v. (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
          33. v. To lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, as in movement to the rhythm of music.
          34. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
                He dipped out of the room so fast.
          35. n. A foolish person.
          36. n. (computer graphics) (initialism of device-independent pixel)
          37. n. (informal) A diplomat.
candle
     1. n. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
     2. n. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
     3. n. (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
     4. n. (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
     5. v. (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
     6. v. (pottery) To dry greenware prior to beginning of the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
     7. v. To check an item (such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
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