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- Formerly - adv. - In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
- Forestaff - n. - An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff.
- Symphony - n. - A stringed instrument formerly in use, somewhat resembling the virginal.
- Picra - n. - The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
- Since - conj. - Seeing that; because; considering; -- formerly followed by that.
- Didymium - n. - A rare metallic substance usually associated with the metal cerium; -- hence its name. It was formerly supposed to be an element, but has since been found to consist of two simpler elementary substances, neodymium and praseodymium. See Neodymium, and Praseodymium.
- Soc - n. - An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands.
- Bow - v. t. - A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
- Algonkin - n. - One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.
- Pederero - n. - A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.
- Sparteine - n. - A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.
- Setwall - n. - A plant formerly valued for its restorative qualities (Valeriana officinalis, or V. Pyrenaica).
- Commode - n. - A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
- Organ - n. - A wind instrument containing numerous pipes of various dimensions and kinds, which are filled with wind from a bellows, and played upon by means of keys similar to those of a piano, and sometimes by foot keys or pedals; -- formerly used in the plural, each pipe being considired an organ.
- Tantalum - n. - A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium.
- Domino - n. - A mourning veil formerly worn by women.
- Ascidium - n. - A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.
- Bole - n. - Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.
- Murexan - n. - A complex nitrogenous substance obtained from murexide, alloxantin, and other ureids, as a white, or yellowish, crystalline which turns red on exposure to the air; -- called also uramil, dialuramide, and formerly purpuric acid.
- Abbot - n. - One of a class of bishops whose sees were formerly abbeys.
- Shilling - n. - The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.
- Cherokees - n. pl. - An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.
- Bajocco - n. - A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.
- Witch - n. - One who practices the black art, or magic; one regarded as possessing supernatural or magical power by compact with an evil spirit, esp. with the Devil; a sorcerer or sorceress; -- now applied chiefly or only to women, but formerly used of men as well.
- Chrysarobin - n. - A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.
- Bonnet - n. - A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
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- H3528 כְּבָר - 3528 כְּבָר - כְּבָר - - kᵉbâr - keb-awr' - from כָּבַר; properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto; already, (seeing that which), now. - Adverb - heb
- G3819 πάλαι - 3819 πάλαι - ΠΆΛΑΙ - - pálai - pal'-ahee - probably another form for πάλιν (through the idea of retrocession); (adverbially) formerly, or (by relatively) sometime since; (elliptically as adjective) ancient:--any while, a great while ago, (of) old, in time past. - Adverb - greek