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A patriarch of Biblical history, in the time of the Deluge. Noah's ark. (a) (Zoöl.) A marine bivalve shell (Arca Noæ), which somewhat resembles an ark, or ship, in form. (b) A child's toy, consisting of an ark-shaped box containing many different wooden animals.

erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. Gen. viii. 20.

Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.

Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n.

The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.

A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19.

A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.

y water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).

oves derived to that vile witch's share. Spenser. Derived to us by tradition from Adam to Noah. Jer. Taylor.

Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian.

Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company. The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. Chaucer. With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels. Spenser.

d tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide. -- The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.

A species of wood used in the construction of Noah's ark. Gen. vi. 14.

A descendant of Ham, Noah's second son. See Gen. x. 6-20.

Pertaining to, or derived from, Japheth, one of the sons of Noah; as, Japhetic nations, the nations of Europe and Northern Asia; Japhetic languages.

Of or pertaining to the patriarch Noah, or to his time.

Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.

rethren, like unto thee. Deut. xviii. 18. God vouchsafes to raise another world From him [Noah], and all his anger to forget. Milton.

Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his descendants. See Semitic.