deep musing

plative. "But he, deep - musing , o'er the mountains stray'd." Pope: Homer's Ody ey, xiv. 1. *deep-premeditated, a. Craftily or carefully prepared. IMG:content-1988.png:[blocks in formation] ocean. (1) Deep - sea -buckie: Murex corneus, Long Whelk. (2) Deep- sea -crab: Cancer araneus , Spider Crab, (3) Deep - sea Coral Zone : From 50 to 100 fathoms; one of the zones into which the sea-bed has been divided. In the northern seas the largest corals (Oculina and Primnoa) are found in this zone, and shells are relatively more abundant owing to the uniformity of temperature at these depths. These deep-sea shells are mostly small and destitute of IMG:content-1989.png:[blocks in formation] deer deep'-ened, pa. par. or a. [DEEPEN.] deep-en-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [DEEPEN.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or proce of becoming or making deeper ( lit. & fig .).