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Antiquary :: Antiquary (n.) One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity..

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

Antiquitarian :: Antiquitarian (n.) An admirer of antiquity. [Used by Milton in a disparaging sense..

Oboe :: Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy..

Jantu :: "Jantu (n.) A machine of great antiquity, used in Bengal for raising water to irrigate land..

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

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

Rustic :: Rustic (a.) Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity..

Hoary :: Hoary (a.) remote in time past; as, hoary antiquity..

Timbrel :: Timbrel (n.) A kind of drum, tabor, or tabret, in use from the highest antiquity..

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..

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

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.].

Ancienty :: Ancienty (n.) Age; antiquity.

Down :: Down (adv.) From a remoter or higher antiquity.

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

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..

Colossus :: Colossus (n.) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes..

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..

Antiquity :: Antiquity (n.) Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity..

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