n.
Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]
The hollow deep of hell resounded. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thy judgments are a great deep. Ps. xxxvi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deep of night,
The deep of night is crept upon our talk. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
The water where the brook is deep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shadowing squadrons deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Safely in harbor
Is the king's ship in the deep nook. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Speculations high or deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A question deep almost as the mystery of life. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
O Lord, . . . thy thoughts are very deep. Ps. xcii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deep clerks she dumbs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
An attitude of deep respect. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
The bass of heaven's deep organ. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
A deep line of operations (Military),
Deep mourning (Costume),
adv. To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as,
v. t.
It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
You must deepen your colors. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become deeper;
His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having eyes set well behind the brow; characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver.
n. Hot liquified fat used to deep-fry food. See deep-fry. [ PJC ]
v. t. To fry in deep fat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. Deeply fetched or drawn. [ Obs. ] “Deep-fet groans.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. Fried in fat or oil deep enough to cover the object.