See Also: cleach(dictionary)

one-time (iou) and cleach (iou)


one-time (iou)



one-time adjective & adverb. Also onetime. M19.
[from ONE adjective + TIME noun.]
A. adjective.
Former. M19.
J. Updike His onetime patroness and confidante.
Of or pertaining to a single occasion. M19.
one-time-cipher: in which the cipher representation of the alphabet is changed at random for each letter of a message, generating a key as long as the message. one-time pad a pad of keys for a one-time cipher, each page being destroyed after one use, so that each message is sent using a different key.
M. Angelou What we were seeing was a one-time phenomenon, so we were determined to enjoy it.
b. adverb.
Simultaneously. L19.
On one occasion, at one time, formerly, once. Also, at once, immediately. L19.

cleach (iou)



cleach verb. Long obsolete exc. dial. ME.
[Prob. already in Old English: cf. corresp. north. CLEEK verb.]
verb trans. & intrans. Clutch. ME.
verb trans. & intrans. Draw or get (water) in a shallow vessel. LME.