Definition of long

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Long (adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest..

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Strip :: Strip (n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land..
Hornbug :: Hornbug (n.) A large nocturnal beetle of the genus Lucanus (as L. capreolus, and L. dama), having long, curved upper jaws, resembling a sickle. The grubs are found in the trunks of old trees..
Ovipositor :: Ovipositor (n.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same..
Soy :: Soy (n.) A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water..
Rand :: Rand (n.) A long, fleshy piece, as of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak..
Thought :: Thought (n.) A small degree or quantity; a trifle; as, a thought longer; a thought better..
Aeon :: Aeon (n.) An immeasurable or infinite space of time; eternity; a long space of time; an age.
Cyperus :: Cyperus (n.) A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus..
Slide :: Slide (n.) A moving piece which is guided by a part or parts along which it slides.
Reptilian :: Reptilian (a.) Belonging to the reptiles.
Mensal :: Mensal (a.) Belonging to the table; transacted at table; as, mensal conversation..
Moa :: Moa (n.) Any one of several very large extinct species of wingless birds belonging to Dinornis, and other related genera, of the suborder Dinornithes, found in New Zealand. They are allied to the apteryx and the ostrich. They were probably exterminated by the natives before New Zealand was discovered by Europeans. Some species were much larger than the ostrich..
"""lilliputian " :: Lilliputian (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's Voyage to Lilliput..
Apteral :: Apteral (a.) Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral..
Sextant :: Sextant (n.) An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See Quadrant..
Phatagin :: Phatagin (n.) The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla); -- called also ipi.
Emeritus :: Emeritus (a.) Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church..
Sargo :: Sargo (n.) Any one of several species of sparoid fishes belonging to Sargus, Pomadasys, and related genera; -- called also sar, and saragu..
Elder :: Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..
Rake :: Rake (v. i.) To pass with violence or rapidity; to scrape along.
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