bygone

  • 111by·gone — /ˈbaıˌgɑːn/ adj, always used before a noun : gone by : from a time in the past the bygone days of our ancestors The stone wall is from a bygone age/era …

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  • 112JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …

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  • 113old-timer — {n.} An old person who remembers bygone days, matters, and personalities. * /There was an old timer at the party who told us interesting details about World War II./ Contrast: OLD GUARD, OLD HAND …

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  • 114old-timer — {n.} An old person who remembers bygone days, matters, and personalities. * /There was an old timer at the party who told us interesting details about World War II./ Contrast: OLD GUARD, OLD HAND …

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  • 115Antiquated — An ti*qua ted, a. Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old fashioned; as, an antiquated law. Antiquated words. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott. [1913… …

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  • 116Backward — Back ward, a. 1. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. [1913 Webster] 2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. [1913 Webster] For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. Not well advanced in… …

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  • 117departed — adj. 1. past; used of time; as, departed summers. Syn: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. dead; as, our dear departed parents. [euphemistic] Syn: asleep(predicate), at peace(predicate), at rest(predicate), cold, deceased, gone …

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  • 118Draff — Draff, n. [Cf. D. draf the sediment of ale, Icel. draf draff, husks. Cf. 1st {Drab}.] Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter. [1913 Webster] Prodigals lately come from swine keeping, from eating draff and… …

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  • 119foregone — adj. past; used of time; as, foregone summers. Contrassted to {present}. Syn: bygone, bypast, departed, gone. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 120Forepast — Fore past , a. Bygone. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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