"Old" is a word in ENGLISH
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More than enough; abundant.
Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having
existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or
other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of
reproach.
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.
Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as,
an old offender; old in vice.
Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness;
as, old shoes; old clothes.
Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding;
original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and
familiarity.
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.
Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good
old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to
new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
The Lord likes small things best, especially those done with love.
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Q: Why doesn't Bill like old houses?A: He's afraid of the draft.
Lat. In the civil and old Engllsh law. To lose. Hence the old Scotch “amltt.”
Read the complete definitionTo make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of …
Read the complete definitionGrown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law.
Read the complete definitionIn feudal and old English law. Aid; compulsory aid, hence a tax or tribute; a kind of tribute paid by …
Read the complete definitionbuyúy - Ignorant, uneducated, boorish. (cf. pákok, kagúng, waláy tinón-an, dílì maálam, binukídnon, umánhon, etc.). c, This letter was formerly …
Read the complete definitionA tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind.
Read the complete definitionA brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number …
Read the complete definitionTo toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.
Read the complete definitionIn old English practice. The ten-ant in a real action, having once appeared, was considered as constructively present in court …
Read the complete definitionThe nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, \"As dead as …
Read the complete definitionLat Exhibition of a bill. In old English practice, actions were instituted by presenting or exhibiting a bill to the …
Read the complete definitionIn old records. A place ln monasteries, where they recelved the poor, (Aospieio cxcipiebant,) and gave them pro-visions, (ferm, firma.) …
Read the complete definitionAn old form of gunlock, as the flintlock, which ignites the priming by a spark; perhaps originally, a matchlock. Hence, …
Read the complete definitionIn old records. A place in monasteries, and elsewhere, where the poor were received and supplied with food. Spelman. Hence …
Read the complete definitionIn old Scotch law. To defile; to declare foul or defiled. Hence, to find a prisoner guilty
Read the complete definitionLat. In old English law. A seeker of an Inheritance; hence, the next heir to lands
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. The rlght of bench. The rlght or prlvilege of having an elevated and separate seat of …
Read the complete definitionThe Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, …
Read the complete definitionAn old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a …
Read the complete definitionA personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of …
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