| 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. | |
| hedgehog |
| 1. n. A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (spiny hedgehog, pl=s, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.) | |
| 2. n. (US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog. | |
| 3. n. A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog. | |
| 4. n. (informal military, historical) A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosio | |
| 5. n. (Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie. | |
| 6. n. A form of dredging machine. | |
| 7. n. Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae | |
| 8. n. , the pods of which are armed with short spines. | |
| 9. n. of South Africa. | |
| 10. n. A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance. | |
| 11. n. A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it. | |
| 12. v. (military) To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver. | |
| 13. v. To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog. | |
| 14. v. To curl up into a defensive ball. | |
