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See din. deep (dēp), a.andn. [Early mod. E. deepe; with downward. ( a ) Especially, as measured from the surface or top downward: extending far downward; profound: opposed to shallow: as, deep water; a deep mine; a deep well; a deep valley. This city [Jerusalem) stands at the south-end of a large plain, and has vallies on the other three sides, which to the east and south are very deep . Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 7. You may think long over those few words without exhausting the deep wells of feeling and thought contained in them. Ruskin . (b) As measured from the point of view: extending far above; lofty: as, a deep sky. (c) As measured from with- out inward: extending or entering far within; situated far within or toward the center. Ector to the erth egurly light, The gay armur to get of the gode hew, That he duly de irit in his depe hert. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 6415. Than he smytethe himself, and make the grete Woundes and depe here and there, tille he falle doun ded. Mandeville , Travels, p. 177. I think she loves me, but I fear another Is deeper in her heart. Beau, and Fl . , King and No King, iv. 2. The Fangs of a Bear, and the Tusks of a wild Boar, do not bite worse, and make deeper Gashes, then a Goose- quill, sometimes. Howell, Letters, ii. 2. (d) As measured from the front backward: long: as, a deep house; a deep lot. Impaled On every side with shadowing squadrons deep , To hide the fraud. Milton , P. L., vi. 554. 2. Having (a certain) extension as measured from the surface downward or from the front backward: as, a mine 1,000 feet deep; a case 12 inches long and 3 inches deep; a house 40 feet deep; a file of soldiers six deep.-3. Immersed; absorbed; engro ed; wholly occupied: as, deep in figures. Clarendon, Great Rebellion. At last, after much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather, we came, with no small difficulty, to our journey's end. Whately , Rhetoric, III. ii. § 12. IMG:content-2208.png:[blocks in formation] Shak ., Rich. III., 1. 4. Whilst I was speaking, the glorious power of the Lord wonderfully rose, yea, after an awful manner, and had a deep entrance upon their spirits. Penn , Travels in Holland, etc. 12. Profound; thorough. Will any one disgrace himself by doubting the nece ity of deep and continued studies, and various and thorough attainments to the bench? R. Choate, Addre es, p. 360. 13t. Late; advanced in time. I marle how forward the day is. 'Slight, 'tis deeper than I took it, past five! B. Jonson , Cynthia's Revels, iv. 1. 14. In logic , signifying much; having many predicates. See depth , 9.=Syn. 5. Difficult, knotty, mysterious.-7. Shrewd, crafty, cunning. II. n. [ME. deepe , depe , dype , f. (= MLG. diupi , diopi , dūpi = OHG. tiufi , tiefi , MHG. tiufe , tiefe , G. tiefe , dial. teufe , f., = Icel. dýpi , neut.), also deóp , neut. (= D. diep = G. tief = Icel. diup = Sw. djup = Dan. dyb ), the deep (sea); from the adj.: see deep , a . Cf. depth.] 1. That which is of great depth. Specifically ( a ) The sea; the aby of waters; the ocean; any great body of water. He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. IMG:content-2209.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2210.png:[blocks in formation] 1497 They [twine drift-nets) are netted by hand, and are made in narrower pieces called deepings , which together one below the other to make up the required depth. Encyc. Brit., IX. 251. deep-laid (dēp'lad), a. Formed with elaborate artifice: as, a deep - laid plot. deeply (dep'li), adv. [ME. deplike, deopliche, I have spoke this, to know if your affiance Were deeply rooted. Shak., Cymbeline, i. 7. The lines were deeplier ploughed upon his face. R. L. Stevens on, The Merry Men. 2. Profoundly; thoroughly; to a great degree: as, he was deeply versed in ethics. They have deeply corrupted themselves. 4. Depth; distance downward or outward. Immeasurable deeps of space crushed me. T. Winthrop , Cecil Dreeme, xiv. 5. The middle point; the point of greatest in- 3. Intensely. tensity; the culmination. Shak., J. C., iv. 3. In his deepe of sickne He is so charitable. Heywood, If you Know not Me, ii. deep (dēp), adv. [ Now seith the booke that the kynge Arthur was so depe paste in to the bateile, that they wiste not where he was be-come. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 407. Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton , P. L., iv. 327. A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep , or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope , E ay on Criticism, 1. 216. Methodism is more fashionable than anything but brag; The deeply red juice of buckthorn berries. Hos. ix. 9. Boyle . Blue, darkly, deeply , beautifully blue. Southey, Madoc in Wales, v. No writer is more deeply imbued with the spirit of Words O. W. Holmes, Emerson, iv. worth than Emerson. IMG:content-2211.png:[blocks in formation] Deeply mourn'd the Lord of Burleigh. Tennyson, Lord of Burleigh. 6. With low or deep pitch: as, a deeply toned instrument.-7. With elaborate artifice; with deep purpose: as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue. Either you love too dearly, Or deeply you di emble, sir. IMG:content-2212.png:[blocks in formation] Beau , and Fl ., Val ent in i an, v. 6. Deepest; of utmost or greatest depth. Loud should Clan-Alpine then Ring from her deepmost glen. Scott , L. of the L., ii. 19. IMG:content-2213.png:[blocks in formation] Theonne ther waxeth wunde & deopeth into the soule. Ancren Riwle , p. 288. deep-browed (dēp'broud), a. Having a high and broad brow; hence, of large mental endowments; of great intellectual capacity. Oft of one wide expanse had I been told, That deep - brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne. Keats , On First Looking into Chapman's Homer. deep-drawing (dēp'dra"ing), a. Requiring considerable depth of water to float in; sinking deep in the water. The deep - drawing barks do there disgorge Their warlike fraughtage. Shak . , T. and C., Prol. deepen (de'pn), v. [ deep + -en1. Cf. deep , v . ] I. in trans. To become deep or deeper, in any sense; increase in depth. The water deepned and sholdned so very gently, that in heaving five or six times we could scarce have a foot differ Dampier, Voyage to New Holland, an. 1699. ence. Lo! where the giant on the mountain stands, His blood-red tre es deep'ning in the sun. Byron, Childe Harold, i. 39. Ay me, the sorrow deepens down. Tennyson, In Memoriam, xlix. sonorous voice; sonorous, deep, and strong, as the baying of a hound. 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep - mouthed welcome as we draw near home. Byron, Don Juan, i. 123.