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• Livelong — Live long , a. [For lifelong. Cf. {Lifelong}.] 1. Whole; entire; long in passing; used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness. [1913 Webster] The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• livelong — also live long, c.1400, lefe longe (day), from leve, lief dear (see LIEF (Cf. lief)), used here as an emotional intensive + LONG (Cf. long) (adj). From late 16c. conformed in spelling to live (v.) as lief grew strange. German has cognate die… …   Etymology dictionary

• Obscure — Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf. {Sky}.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Obscure rays — Obscure Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Obscurer — Obscure Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Obscurest — Obscure Ob*scure ([o^]b*sk[=u]r ), a. [Compar. {Obscurer} ([o^]b*sk[=u]r [ e]r); superl. {Obscurest}.] [L. obscurus, orig., covered; ob (see {Ob }) + a root probably meaning, to cover; cf. L. scutum shield, Skr. sku to cover: cf. F. obscur. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Clamor — Clam or, v. i. To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands. Syn: clamor, roar, vociferate, holler, hollo. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] The obscure bird Clamored the livelong… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 24th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment — Infobox Military Unit unit name= 24th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry caption=Iowa state flag dates= September 18, 1862 to July 17, 1865 country= United States allegiance= Union branch= Infantry equipment= battles=Battle of Port Gibson Battle of …   Wikipedia

• Diuturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Long duration. < N PARAG:Diuturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 diuturnity diuturnity Sgm: N 1 a long time a long time a length of time Sgm: N 1 an age an age a century an eternity Sgm: N 1 slowness slowness …   English dictionary for students

• NEW YORK CITY — NEW YORK CITY, foremost city of the Western Hemisphere and largest urban Jewish community in history; pop. 7,771,730 (1970), est. Jewish pop. 1,836,000 (1968); metropolitan area 11,448,480 (1970), metropolitan area Jewish (1968), 2,381,000… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• day in day out — Synonyms and related words: always, and night, at all times, ceaselessly, constantly, continually, daily, daily and hourly, day after day, day and night, enduringly, ever, ever and anon, every day, every hour, every moment, for an age, for life,… …   Moby Thesaurus