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Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse. Heal the inveterate canker of one wound. Shak.

Deep-seated; internal. [R.] W. Montagu.

To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. "Involved in a deep study." Sir W. Scott.

To root deeply. [R.]

e sea. Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. Milton.

To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. Southey.

bous plant (Amaryllis, or Sprekelia, formosissima) from Mexico. It bears a single, large, deep, red, lilylike flower. [Written also Jacobean.]

A half-hardy, deep crimson rose of the remontant class; -- so named after General Jacqueminot, of France.

nd Rebel clover. -- Japan earth. See Catechu. -- Japan ink, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. -- Japan varnish, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the Rhus vernix, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac.

drift of the North Pacific; -- called also Kuro-Siwo, or Black Stream, in allusion to the deep blue of its water. It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream.

A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. Dryden.

An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf.

Black as jet; deep black.

of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.

An earth of a blackish or deep blue color. Woodward.

Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.

ad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight. -- Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] Gold…

c. It is supposed to poison sheep and other animals that eat it at times when the snow is deep and they cannot find other food.

-- peculiar to England and 13th century. -- Lancet fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth. (b) The doctor, or surgeon fish.

ess of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. The Germanization of Britain went far deeper than the Latinization of France. M. Arnold.