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v. i.
Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen.
n.
One who rises; as, an early riser.
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Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food.
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Having always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay.
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An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.
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Denoting a tribe of Franks who established themselves early in the fourth century on the river Sala [now Yssel]; Salic.
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One who, in the 17th century and the early part of the 18th, claimed to belong to a secret society of philosophers deeply versed in the secrets of nature, -- the alleged society having existed, it was stated, several hundred years.
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A marginal annotation; an explanatory remark or comment; specifically, an explanatory comment on the text of a classic author by an early grammarian.
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That part of any work in the early manuscripts and typography which was colored red, to distinguish it from other portions.
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Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.
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One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.
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Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
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A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.
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One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education.
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In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.
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To leave one's bed; to arise; as, to rise early.
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Developing too early; premature.
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To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
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Perisperm in an early condition.
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