·add. ·- A modified revival of the ancient Olympian games, consisting of international athletic games, races, ·etc., now held once in four years, the first having been at Athens in 1896.
·adj ·Alt. of <<Olympic>>. II. Olympian ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Olympian games. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) Of children (Zech. 8:5; Matt. 11:16). The Jewish youth were also apparently instructed in the use...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Thin, ill-shapped legs: a corruption of the French word jambes. Fancy gambs; sore or swelled legs. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Among the Greeks the rage for theatrical exhibitions was such that every city of any size possessed ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary