Part 2842

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Deep</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>Deep</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Deeper</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Deepest</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>dep</ets>, <ets>deop</ets>, AS. <ets>de\'a2p</ets>; akin to D. <ets>diep</ets>, G. <ets>tief</ets>, Icel. <ets>dj<?/pr</ets>, Sw. <ets>diup</ets>, Dan. <ets>dyb</ets>, Goth. <ets>diups</ets>; fr. the root of E. <ets>dip</ets>, <ets>dive</ets>. See <er>Dip</er>, <er>Dive</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from <i>high</i>, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; <as>as, a <ex>deep</ex> sea</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The water where the brook is <b>deep</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); <as>as, a <ex>deep</ex> cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats <ex>deep</ex>; a company of soldiers six files <ex>deep</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>Shadowing squadrons <b>deep</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the <b>deep</b> nook. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; <as>as, a <ex>deep</ex> valley</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to <i>shallow</i> or <i>superficial</i>; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; <as>as, a <ex>deep</ex> subject or plot</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Speculations high or <b>deep</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A question <b>deep</b> almost as the mystery of life. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O Lord, . . . thy thought are very <b>deep</b>. <i>Ps. xcii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.</def>

<blockquote><b>Deep</b> clerks she dumbs. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; <as>as, <ex>deep</ex> distress; <ex>deep</ex> melancholy; <ex>deep</ex> horror.</as></def> "<ex>Deep</ex> despair." <i>Milton</i>. "<ex>Deep</ex> silence." <i>Milton</i>. "<ex>Deep</ex> sleep." <i>Gen. ii. 21</i>. "<ex>Deeper</ex> darkness." <i>>Hoole</i>. "Their <ex>deep</ex> poverty." <i>2 Cor. viii. 2</i>.

<blockquote>An attitude of <b>deep</b> respect. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; <as>as, <ex>deep</ex> blue or crimson</as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy.</def> "The <i>deep</i> thunder."

<i>Byron.</i>

<blockquote>The bass of heaven's <b>deep</b> organ. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>The ways in that vale were very <b>deep</b>. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>A deep line of operations</col> <fld>(Military)</fld>, <cd>a long line.</cd> -- <col>Deep mourning</col> <fld>(Costume)</fld>, <cd>mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deep</h1> <Xpage=380>

<hw>Deep</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.</def>

<blockquote><b>Deep</b>-versed in books, and shallow in himself. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>