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Antique :: Antique (a.) Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome..

Vetust :: Vetust (a.) Venerable from antiquity; ancient; old.

Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone..

Antiquarian :: Antiquarian (a.) Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature..

Argus :: Argus (n.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail..

Ogygian :: Ogygian (a.) Of or pertaining to Ogyges, a mythical king of ancient Attica, or to a great deluge in Attica in his days; hence, primeval; of obscure antiquity..

Archaeography :: Archaeography (n.) A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities..

Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [In this sense, usually in the plural.].

Archaic :: Archaic (a.) Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

Antiquary :: Antiquary (a.) Pertaining to antiquity.

Obliterate :: Obliterate (v. t.) To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate the monuments of antiquity.

Antique :: Antique (a.) Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's Castle of Indolence..

Far :: Far (adv.) To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity..

Bullfighting :: Bullfighting (n.) A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain..

Fig :: Fig (n.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands..

Ancientry :: Ancientry (n.) Antiquity; what is ancient.

Eld :: Eld (n.) Old times; former days; antiquity.

Ancientness :: Ancientness (n.) The quality of being ancient; antiquity; existence from old times.

Archaism :: Archaism (a.) Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.

Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) An old gentleman.

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