old 
prising Europe, Asia, and Africa, in contradistinction to O r demeanor resembling that of an old person ; 
the new continent, consisting of North and South Amer- p re cociousness. 
ica.-01d Coiirt.Party ;i see court.- Old Dominion. \ d . field birch. The American variety of the 
white birch. 
old-field lark. Same as field-lark. See cut at 
meadow-lark. 
old-field pine. Same as loblollypine. 
""-fogyish (61d-f6'gi-ish), a. [< ol 
..'!.] Like or characteristic of an old fogy; 
behind the times ; slow to accept anything new. 
+ 
See dominion. Old English, (a) See English, 2. (6) The 
form of black letter used by English printers of the six- 
teenth century. 
DID dEn&ltei) of ttjt <S>irtf tntl) Century, 
Old Ephraim, the grizzly bear, Ursmhorribilis. [Western old-fogyish (61d-f6'gi-ish), a. [< old fogy + 
IT. s.]-01d foundation, gold, gooseberry. Hundred, 
etc. See the nouns. Old Harry, Old One, Old Scratch, 
. . , , , 
humorous names for the devil. Old Injun, the oldwife or 
maid, etc. See the nouns. Old lady, a noctuid moth, 
Monno maura: an English collectors' name. Old man. 
(a) See man. (6) In mining, ancient workings : a term 
used in Cornwall, (c) A full-grown male kangaroo. [Aus- ;--^~- 
tralia.]-01d mustache, Nick, OIL See the nouns.- old-gentlemanly (pld-jen'tl-man-li), a : 
Olea 
I know oldsters who have a savage pleasure in making 
boys drunk. Thackeray, A Sight's Pleasure, i. 
2. In the British navy, a midshipman of four 
years' standing, or a master's mate. 
I became the William Tell of the party, as having been 
the first to resist the tyranny of the oldsters. 
Marryat, Frank Mildmay, ii. (Davies.) 
old-time (old'tim), a. Of old times; having 
the characteristics of old times; of the old 
school ; of long standing. 
Oldtime and honoured leaders like Mr. Bright. 
R. J, Ilinton, Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 361. 
r/ 71 
[< old 
raa - , , . - 
Old One. SeeOld Harry. Old Probabilities, the chief ycntlenuin + -fy 1 .] Characteristic of an old 
signal-officer of the Signal-service Bureau: sometimes 
called Old Prob. (Colloq., U. S.] Old Red Sandstone. 
See sandstone. Old salt, an old and experienced sailor. 
Old school, a school or party belonging to a former 
time, or having the character, manner, or opinions of a 
bygone age: as, a gentleman of the old sckool.-OW. 
Scnool Presbyterian. See Pra^teron.- Old Scratch. 
a 
ol 
amite 
or opinions considered peculiar to old women, (c) An ap- 
paratus for curing smoky chimneys; a chimney-cap or 
cowl, (d) See oldwife. Old World. See world. The 
Old Covenant. See covenant. The old gentleman. See 
gentleman. The old masters. See masteri. = Syn. 1. 
Aged, Elderly, Old, eta. See atfed.B, 9, and 19. Ancient, 
Old, Antique, etc. (see ancient^), pristine, original, primi- 
tive, early, olden, archaic. 
Old-agedt (old'ajd), a. [< old age + -erf 2 .] Of 
or pertaining to old age ; aged. [Bare.] , 
Olde-aaed experience goeth beyond the flne-witted Phy- Oldhaven beds. In Eng. geol., one of the divi- 
losopher. Sir P. Sidney, Apol. for Poetrie. sions of the Lower Eocene. The group so designated 
u i *,,., n rziA'lrlnnniT'man'l > IY nlrl lies at the base of the London clay, and, although only from 
old-clothesman (old kloTHz man), . [< old 2Q to 40 feet , n thickness is nlgh - 
clothes + man.] A man who purchases cast- old-light (old'llt), a. and n. 
~UiV> o-Pffv** Tmiitrp tnvkaii>aH ali . , ~ e . . , v 
old-fqgyism (old-fo'gi-izm), . [< old fogy 
-ixm.~\ The character or viewo of an old fogy ; 
fondness for old or antiquated notions and old-timer (old-ti'mer), n. 1. One who retains 
the views and customs ot tormer days ; an old 
person who clings to habits and modes of 
thought now obsolete. [Colloq.] 
Old-timers unanimously declared that in the new-comer 
had indeed arisen another Tausig. 
Mutsic and Drama, XIII. ix. 14. 
2. One who has long occupied a given place or 
position; one who has grown old in a place, 
profession, etc. [Colloq.] 
In reply to his last remark I said, "But you forget, old 
man, that most of us old-timers, as you call us, are poor 
now!" New Princeton Rev., V. 122. 
1. 
The long-tailed sea-duck, Harelda glacialis, of 
the family Anatithe and the subfamily Fuliguliiia'. 
(61'dam-it), n. [Named after Dr. 
bldham, director^ 1862) of the Indian Geological 
Survey.] Native calcium sulphid detected by 
Maskelyne in the Busti meteorite. It occurs in 
small brownish spherules showing cubic cleavage; it is 
also optically isotropic, and is hence inferred to be isc- 
gentleman. 
So, for a good old-gentlemanly vice, 
I think I must take up with avarice. 
Byron, Don Juan, i. 216. 
ild-grain (old'gran), n. A name given to dark 
SeToTdfl<r^r-Oidledge,a g ame ; sameasai(-/o M r S . spots and discolorations on leather, arising 
Old song, a mere trifle ;a very low price : as, he got it from imperfections in tanning, exposure to 
for an old song.O\A sow, a plant, MelOotut atrulea. dampness, mildew, etc. 
Old style, Testament, etc. See the nouns. -Old Tom, a o i dnam (ol'dam), n. [Named from Oldham, its 
3SlS5SlS^ 1 fc^.^|2^ffl original place of manufacture, m Lancashire, oldwife (old'wif), .; pi. oldmces (-wivz), 
England.] A coarse cloth in use in the middle 
. 
The male in the breeding season has the two middle tail- 
feathers lance-linear and long-exserted. The bill is black, 
tipped with orange ; the plumage is blackish or white, 
varied with reddish and silver-gray tints. In winter the 
off garments, which, after being repaired, are 
offered for sale. Those too bad for repair are sold to 
, 
metric in crystallization. 
20 to 40 feet in thickness, is highly fossiliferous. 
I. a. Favoring the 
cedes, hist., favoring the principle of 
tion between the church and the 
>er-makers, torn up to make shoddy, or sold for manure. 
Olden 1 (61'dn), v. [< old + -ew 1 .] I. intrans. 
To grow old; age; assume an older appearance 
or character; become affected by age. 
His debates with his creditors . . . harassed the feelings 
of the humiliated old gentleman so severely that in six 
weeks he oldened more than he had done for fifteen years 
before. Thackeray, Vanity Fair, xviii. 
II. trans. To age ; cause to appear old. 
olden 2 (61'dn), a. [< old + -en*, an adj. suffix 
irreg. attached to an adj.] Old; ancient. 
Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, 
Ere humane statute purged the gentle weal. 
Shak., Macbeth, iii. 4. 75. old-maid (old-mad'), n. 
Oldenlandia (61-den-lan'di-6), n. [NL. (Plu- den-plant Vinca rosea 
old faith or principles ; specifically, in Scottish 
" a connec- 
state. The 
Old and New Light Controversy" in the Burgher and 
Antiburgher churches regarding the province of the civil 
magistrate in matters of religion, about the end of the 
eighteenth century, led to secessions from these bodies, 
and the formation of the Old Light (or Original) Seceders. 
II. n. Eccles., a person holding old-light doc- 
trines. 
Of the old line or direc- 
old-line (old'lin), a. 
tion of thought or doctrine; conservative: as, 
an old-line Whig. 
oldlyt (old'li), adv. Of old ; in the olden time. 
Ellis, Letters (1525-37). 
1 . The house- or gar- 
[West Indies.] 2. A 
mier, 1703), named after S. B. Oldenland, a gaping clam: same as gaper, 4. 
Danish botanist who traveled in South Africa.] Old-maidhood (old-mad'hud), n. [< old maid 
A genus of gamopetalous plants of the order + -hood.] The state or condition of an old 
Rubiacece and the tribe Hedyotidea;, known by maid ; spinsterhood. 
the many minute angled seeds, narrow leaves, Marriage for deliverance from poverty or old-maidhood. 
entire stipules, and four stamens. There are about Oeor 3 e mM ' E88av8 - Analysis of Motives. 
80 species, tropical and subtropical, mainly Asiatic. They old-maidish (old-ma'dish), a. [< Old maid + 
are slender, erect or spreading, smooth, and branching an- jg/|1 ] Like an old maid; characteristic of an 
old maid. 
nuals, with opposite leaves, and small white or rose pani- 
cled flowers. 0. umbellata is the Indian madder or shaya- 
Oldwife Warelda glacialisl. 
(Male, in full summer plumage ; female in the background.) 
long tail-feathers do not exist, and the reddish parts are 
replaced by gray. The oldwife breeds in the arctic re- 
gions, both on sea-coasts and on large inland waters, and in 
winter is generally dispersed in temperate regions. It is a 
lively, voluble duck, having a kind of song ; it is an expert 
diver and a rank feeder, and the flesh is not savory. The 
nest is placed on the ground; the eggs are 6 or 7 in num- 
ber, drab-colored, and about 2 inches long by 1J broad. 
Also called did billy, old granny, old Injun, old molly, old- 
nie, and gouth-smttherly. 
n ichth., one of several different fishes, (a) 
The alewife. (6) The menhaden. [Local U. S.) (c) The 
toothed herring. [Maryland.] (d) The spot or lafayette, 
Liostmnus obliquus. [Florida.] (e) The file-fish, Balistes 
capriscus, and others of the same genus. [Southern United 
States and Bermudas.] (/} An Australian fish, Enoplosui 
[Port Jackson, New South Wales.] 
root. 
old-ewe (old'u), n. The ballanwrasse. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
old-faced (old'fast), a. 
or appearance. 
'Tis not the roundure of your old-faced walls 
Can hide you from our messengers of war. 
Shak., K. John, ii. 1. 259. 
old-fashioned (old-fash'ond), a. 1. Formed 
in a fashion which has become obsolete ; anti- 
quated: as, an old-fashioned dress. 
Every drawer in the tall, old-fashioned bureau is to be 
Child, don't be so precise and old-maidish. 
Mme. D'Arblay, Camilla, v. 8. 
arwatujs. , , _ 
old-witch grass. A common weed-grass of 
(Davies.) North America, Panicum capillare, having a 
very effuse compound panicle. 
old-maidism (old-ma'dizm), n. [< old maid + * f -- 
Having an aged look .j^.-j The state or condition of being an old old-womanish (old-wum an-ish), a. [< old 
maid ; advanced spinsterhood. woman + -wfcl.] Like or characteristic of an 
Old-man (old-man'), n. The southernwood, Ar- old woman. 
temisia Abrotanum. It is very easy and old-womanish to offer advice. 
old-man's-beard (old-manz-berd' ), n. 1 . See s dne y *** To John Allen - 
Clematis. 2. Same as long-moss. 3. Same as old-woman's-bitter (old-wum'anz-bit'er), n. 
fringe-tree. [U. S.] 4. A species of Equise- 1. Same as majoe-bitter. 2. A West Indian 
turn; also, sometimes, one of species of other *-"" r>.-*i /..-..> j/. //.,/,,,, 
genera. [Prov. Eng.] 
tree, Citliarexylon cinereum. 
old-world (old' world), a. 1. Of the ancient 
world ; belonging to a prehistoric or far bygone 
age; antiquated; old-fashioned. 
Like an old-irorld mammoth bulk'd in ice, 
Not to be molten out. Tennyson, Princess, v. 
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Old 
World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) as distin- 
guished from the New World or America. 3. 
Specifically, of or pertaining to the continents 
of the eastern hemisphere as known before the 
discovery of America ; paleogean : as, the old- 
lished, propounded, or professed ; old or old- world apes, 
fashioned. olet, A Middle English form of oil. 
Adam, according to this old-school Calvinism, was the -ole. [< L. oleum, oil: see oil. Cf. -o?.] In 
Federal Head, the representative of his race. chem . a termination having no very precise sig- 
Jv-. A. Rev., CXIIII. 19. nifieance See -o? and -of?. 
Presby- Qlea (6'le-a), n. [NL. (Tonrnefort, 1700), < L. 
., - ;, olea, < G!T'. eAaia, the olive-tree: see oil.~\ A 
Ihe property or condition of being old-fash- old-Squaw (old'skwa), n. Same as oldwife, 1. genus of trees and shrubs, type of the order 
loned; similarity to what is now past or out oldster (old'ster), n. [< old + -ster, after young- Qleacea; and the tribe Olelnea;, known by the 
of date; retention of characteristics formerly ster.] 1. An old or oldish person ; a man past oily drupe and induplicate calyx-lobes. There 
prevalent but now exceptional. 2. Conduct middle life. [Colloq.] are about 36 species, natives of Asia and Africa, the Mas- 
opened, with difficulty, and with a succession of spasmodic YJ . '' ~,-~i. ~.~/^i,i -'v*-, \ A 
jerks ; then, all must close again, with the same fidgety Old-man S-eyeblOW (old-manz-1 brou), n. An 
reluctance. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, it Australian species of sundew, Drosera bwata. 
2. Partaking of the old style or old school; old-man's-head (old-manz-hed'), n. Same as 
characterized by antiquated fashions or cus- oM-man cactus. See Cerevs. 
toms ; suited to the tastes of former times. oldness (old'nes), . The state of being old, in 
Some ... look on Chaucer as a dry, old-fashioned wit, *V? ^faSfSn ^' 
not worth reviving. Dryden, Pref. to Fables. Old-saidt (old sed), a. Long since said ; said of 
With my hands full of dear old-fashioned flowers . . . old. Spenser, Shep. Cal., July. 
old-school (old'skol), a. Of the old school ; of 
earlier times ; as originally or formerly estab- 
and bottles of colour. 
R. Broughton, Cometh up as a Flower, p. 38. 
3. Characterized by or resembling a person of 
mature years, judgment, and experience ; hence, 
precocious: as, an old-fashioned child. 
A neat, quiet, old-fashioned little servant-girl, of twelve 
or fourteen. B. Taylor, Northern Travel, v. 43. 
=Syn. 1 and 2. Ancient, Old, Antique, etc. See ancient l. old-sightedneSS (61d'si"ted-nes), n. 
old-fashionedness (old-fash'ond-nes), n. 1. ogia. 
