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Spacing after punctuation standardized, inconsistent hyphenation and archaic spelling retained.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE U. S. S. IMPERATOR, ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST SHIPS IN THE U. S. NAVY.ANONYMOUSThe following archaic spellings of words were used in the original book and have been retained: head-ach; concuring; delinated.
AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE VARIOLAE VACCINAEEDWARD JENNERHe even brushed up his archaic French for the sake of inquiring directly after the child's health from Fanchette.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSIn English archaic writings the instances in which the mention of the Satanic power is thus utilised are not numerous.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANNeither are we able to support the contention that it takes its rise in the archaic “woundy,” which perished in the same fires.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMANIt was just the thing for the market—it fitted in with the smells; it was something incredibly hideous and archaic.
GARDENS OF THE CARIBBEES, V. 1/2IDA MAY HILL STARRBut behind the Kymry, as likewise admittedly behind the Cretans, are the traces of an even more primitive and archaic race.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEYWhen we deal with a deity in his most archaic form it is difficult to distinguish him from a demon.
MYTHS OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIADONALD A. MACKENZIEThe translation is in imitative measures and in archaic style.
THE TRANSLATIONS OF BEOWULFCHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKERNo attempt is made to preserve alliteration or archaic diction.
THE TRANSLATIONS OF BEOWULFCHAUNCEY BREWSTER TINKERWORDS RELATED TO ARCHAIC
- abused
- archaic
- arid
- big yawn
- blah
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- dead
- dismal
- dreary
- driveling
- dry
- familiar
- flat
- hackneyed
- heavy
- ho-hum
- hoary
- humdrum
- insipid
- jejune
- longwinded
- monotonous
- oft-repeated
- ordinary
- out-of-date
- plain
- pointless
- prolix
- prosaic
- prosy
- repetitious
- repetitive
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- soporific
- stale
- stock
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- tired
- tiresome
- trite
- unimaginative
- uninspiring
- usual
- usual thing
- vapid
- worn-out
- abused
- archaic
- arid
- big yawn
- blah
- colorless
- common
- commonplace
- dead
- dismal
- dreary
- driveling
- dry
- familiar
- flat
- hackneyed
- heavy
- ho hum
- hoary
- humdrum
- insipid
- jejune
- longwinded
- monotonous
- oft-repeated
- ordinary
- out-of-date
- plain
- pointless
- prolix
- prosaic
- prosy
- repetitious
- repetitive
- routine
- run-of-the-mill
- soporific
- stale
- stock
- stupid
- tame
- tedious
- tired
- tiresome
- trite
- unimaginative
- uninspiring
- usual
- usual thing
- vapid
- worn-out
- abolished
- archaic
- asleep
- bygone
- cold
- dead and gone
- deceased
- defunct
- departed
- disappeared
- done for
- doused
- ended
- exanimate
- exterminated
- extinguished
- fallen
- gone
- inactive
- late
- lifeless
- lost
- no longer known
- outmoded
- passed on
- passé
- snuffed out
- superseded
- terminated
- unknown
- vanished
- vanquished
- void
- wiped-out
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