See Also: Archive(money)
archive(dictionary)
supple(1)(dictionary)
supple(2)(dictionary)
supple(dictionary)
supple-jack(medicine)
archive 1, noun(dictionary)
archive 2, verb(dictionary)

supple(2) (iou) and archive (iou)


supple(2) (iou)



supple noun. Scot. & north. M17.
[App. var. of SWIPPLE assim. to SUPPLE adjective & verb.]
= SWIPPLE. M17.
A cudgel. E19.

archive (iou)



archive noun & verb. E17.
[French archives pl. from Latin archi(v)a from Greek arkheia public office or records, use as noun of neut pl. of arkheios governmental, from arkhe government.]
A. noun.
1. sing. & in pl. A place in which collected public or corporate records are kept; a repository for documents etc.; a data bank. E17.
2. In pl. & sing. Records so kept. M17.
B. verb trans. Place or store in an archive; spec. (Computing) transfer to a store of infrequently used files, or to a memory at a lower hierarchical level (e.g. from disk to tape). L19.
ar'chival adjective of or pertaining to archives M19.
archivist noun a keeper of archives M18.