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old world
(encz) | Old World, |
Old World
(gcide) | Old World \Old World\ n.
The combined territories of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The
Eastern Hemisphere, as distinguished from The Americas,
Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
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Old World
(gcide) | Old \Old\, a. [Compar. Older; superl. Oldest.] [OE. old,
ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald,
old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up,
Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish.
Cf. Adult, Alderman, Aliment, Auld, Elder.]
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1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an
old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
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Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young.
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2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
"An old acquaintance." --Camden.
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3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
"The old schools of Greece." --Milton. "The character of
the old Ligurians." --Addison.
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4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the
age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a
cathedral centuries old.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
--Cen. xlvii.
8.
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Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that
designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
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5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
an old offender; old in vice.
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Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
--Milton.
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6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
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7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
as, old shoes; old clothes.
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8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
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If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have
old turning the key. --Shak.
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9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly
as a term of reproach.
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10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
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11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." --Shak.
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Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life.
Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1.
Old Catholics. See under Catholic.
Old English. See under English. n., 2.
Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil.
Old lady (Zool.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo
maura}).
Old maid.
(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never
been married; a spinster.
(b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
periwinkle (Vinca rosea).
(c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The
person with whom the odd card is left is the old
maid.
Old man's beard. (Bot.)
(a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named
from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
(b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia.
Old man's head (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus
senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with
long white hairs.
Old red sandstone (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks
situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and
comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and
conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of
Geology.
Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time,
or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a
former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used
also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.
Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called
also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game.
Old squaw (Zool.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting
the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is
varied with black and white and is remarkable for the
length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, {south
southerly}, callow, hareld, and old wife.
Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style.
Old Testament. See Old Testament under Testament, and
see tanak.
Old wife. [In the senses
b and
c written also oldwife.]
(a) A prating old woman; a gossip.
Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim.
iv. 7.
(b) (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the
European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the
American alewife, etc.
(c) (Zool.) A duck; the old squaw.
Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.
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old world
(wn) | Old World
n 1: the regions of the world that were known to Europeans
before the discovery of the Americas |
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Old World
(gcide) | Old World \Old World\ n.
The combined territories of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The
Eastern Hemisphere, as distinguished from The Americas,
Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
[PJC]Old \Old\, a. [Compar. Older; superl. Oldest.] [OE. old,
ald, AS. ald, eald; akin to D. oud, OS. ald, OFries. ald,
old, G. alt, Goth. alpeis, and also to Goth. alan to grow up,
Icel. ala to bear, produce, bring up, L. alere to nourish.
Cf. Adult, Alderman, Aliment, Auld, Elder.]
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1. Not young; advanced far in years or life; having lived
till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an
old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree.
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Let not old age disgrace my high desire. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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The melancholy news that we grow old. --Young.
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2. Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
"An old acquaintance." --Camden.
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3. Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
"The old schools of Greece." --Milton. "The character of
the old Ligurians." --Addison.
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4. Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence;
having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the
age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a
cathedral centuries old.
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And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
--Cen. xlvii.
8.
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Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that
designates the age; as, she was eight years old.
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5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
an old offender; old in vice.
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Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
--Milton.
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6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
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7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
as, old shoes; old clothes.
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8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]
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If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have
old turning the key. --Shak.
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9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly
as a term of reproach.
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10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
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11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
familiarity. "Go thy ways, old lad." --Shak.
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Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life.
Old bachelor. See Bachelor, 1.
Old Catholics. See under Catholic.
Old English. See under English. n., 2.
Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil.
Old lady (Zool.), a large European noctuid moth ({Mormo
maura}).
Old maid.
(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never
been married; a spinster.
(b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
periwinkle (Vinca rosea).
(c) A simple game of cards, played by matching them. The
person with whom the odd card is left is the old
maid.
Old man's beard. (Bot.)
(a) The traveler's joy (Clematis Vitalba). So named
from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
(b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia.
Old man's head (Bot.), a columnar cactus ({Pilocereus
senilis}), native of Mexico, covered towards the top with
long white hairs.
Old red sandstone (Geol.), a series of red sandstone rocks
situated below the rocks of the Carboniferous age and
comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones and
conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of
Geology.
Old school, a school or party belonging to a former time,
or preserving the character, manner, or opinions of a
former time; as, a gentleman of the old school; -- used
also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians.
Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called
also all fours, and high, low, Jack, and the game.
Old squaw (Zool.), a duck (Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting
the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is
varied with black and white and is remarkable for the
length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, {south
southerly}, callow, hareld, and old wife.
Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under Style.
Old Testament. See Old Testament under Testament, and
see tanak.
Old wife. [In the senses
b and
c written also oldwife.]
(a) A prating old woman; a gossip.
Refuse profane and old wives' fables. --1 Tim.
iv. 7.
(b) (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the
European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the
American alewife, etc.
(c) (Zool.) A duck; the old squaw.
Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.
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Old World ant thrushes
(gcide) | Pitta \Pit"ta\ (p[i^]t"t[.a]), n. (Zool.)
Any one of a large group of bright-colored clamatorial birds
belonging to Pitta, and allied genera of the family
Pittid[ae]. Most of the species are varied with three or
more colors, such as blue, green, crimson, yellow, purple,
and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and {Old
World ant thrushes}; but they are not related to the true
thrushes.
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Note: The pittas are most abundant in the East Indies, but
some inhabit Southern Asia, Africa, and Australia. They
live mostly upon the ground, and feed upon insects of
various kinds.
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Old World elder
(gcide) | Elder \El"der\, n. [OE. ellern, eller, AS. ellen, cf. LG.
elloorn; perh. akin to OHG. holantar, holuntar, G. holunder;
or perh. to E. alder, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white
flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Note: The common North American species is {Sambucus
Canadensis}; the common European species (S. nigra)
forms a small tree. The red-berried elder is {S.
pubens}. The berries are diaphoretic and aperient. The
European elder (Sambucus nigra) is also called the
elderberry, bourtree, Old World elder, {black
elder}, and common elder.
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Box elder. See under 1st Box.
Dwarf elder. See Danewort.
Elder tree. (Bot.) Same as Elder. --Shak.
Marsh elder, the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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old world beaver
(wn) | Old World beaver
n 1: a European variety of beaver [syn: Old World beaver,
Castor fiber] |
old world buffalo
(wn) | Old World buffalo
n 1: any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including,
e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo [syn: {Old World
buffalo}, buffalo] |
old world chat
(wn) | Old World chat
n 1: songbirds having a chattering call [syn: Old World chat,
chat] |
old world coot
(wn) | Old World coot
n 1: a coot found in Eurasia [syn: Old World coot, {Fulica
atra}] |
old world coral snake
(wn) | Old World coral snake
n 1: any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa
and Australia [syn: coral snake, Old World coral snake] |
old world crayfish
(wn) | Old World crayfish
n 1: small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America
[syn: Old World crayfish, ecrevisse] |
old world flycatcher
(wn) | Old World flycatcher
n 1: any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on
insects taken on the wing [syn: Old World flycatcher,
true flycatcher, flycatcher] |
old world hop hornbeam
(wn) | Old World hop hornbeam
n 1: medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
[syn: Old World hop hornbeam, Ostrya carpinifolia] |
old world jay
(wn) | Old World jay
n 1: a European jay |
old world least weasel
(wn) | Old World least weasel
n 1: of Europe [syn: Old World least weasel, {Mustela
nivalis}] |
old world leishmaniasis
(wn) | Old World leishmaniasis
n 1: leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin
lesions [syn: cutaneous leishmaniasis, {Old World
leishmaniasis}, oriental sore, tropical sore, {Delhi
boil}, Aleppo boil] |
old world mistletoe
(wn) | Old World mistletoe
n 1: Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems
with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the
traditional mistletoe of Christmas [syn: mistletoe,
Viscum album, Old World mistletoe] |
old world monkey
(wn) | Old World monkey
n 1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and
nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey,
catarrhine] |
old world oriole
(wn) | Old World oriole
n 1: mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange
and black [syn: Old World oriole, oriole] |
old world porcupine
(wn) | Old World porcupine
n 1: terrestrial porcupine |
old world quail
(wn) | Old World quail
n 1: small game bird with a rounded body and small tail |
old world rabbit
(wn) | Old World rabbit
n 1: common greyish-brown burrowing animal native to southern
Europe and northern Africa but introduced elsewhere; widely
domesticated and developed in various colors and for
various needs; young are born naked and helpless [syn:
European rabbit, Old World rabbit, {Oryctolagus
cuniculus}] |
old world robin
(wn) | Old World robin
n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn:
robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin,
Erithacus rubecola] |
old world scops owl
(wn) | Old World scops owl
n 1: European scops owl [syn: Old World scops owl, {Otus
scops}] |
old world vulture
(wn) | Old World vulture
n 1: any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia |
old world warbler
(wn) | Old World warbler
n 1: small active brownish or greyish Old World birds [syn: {Old
World warbler}, true warbler] |
old world white pelican
(wn) | Old world white pelican
n 1: similar to American white pelican [syn: {Old world white
pelican}, Pelecanus onocrotalus] |
old world yew
(wn) | Old World yew
n 1: predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and
slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world [syn:
Old World yew, English yew, Taxus baccata] |
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