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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.]

  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.

    Let not old age disgrace my high desire.
    --Sir P. Sidney.

    The melancholy news that we grow old.
    --Young.

  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.

  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.

  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.

    And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
    --Cen. xlvii. 8.

    Note: In this use old regularly follows the noun that designates the age; as, she was eight years old.

  5. Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.

    Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old.
    --Milton.

  6. Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.

  7. Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.

  8. More than enough; abundant. [Obs.]

    If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the key.
    --Shak.

  9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach.

  10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.

  11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. ``Go thy ways, old lad.'' --Shak. 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 (Zo["o]l.), a large European noctuid moth ( Mormo maura). Old maid.

      1. A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a spinster.

      2. (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered periwinkle ( Vinca rosea).

      3. 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.)

        1. The traveler's joy ( Clematis Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.

        2. 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.]

          1. A prating old woman; a gossip.

            Refuse profane and old wives' fables.
            --1 Tim. iv. 7.

          2. (Zo["o]l.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream ( Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc.

        3. (Zo["o]l.) A duck; the old squaw.

          Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.

          Syn: Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated; old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.

Wiktionary
older

a. 1 (en-comparative of: old), elder, senior 2 elderly

WordNet
older
  1. adj. advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen" [syn: aged, elderly, senior]

  2. older brother or sister; "big sister" [syn: big(a), elder] [ant: little(a)]

  3. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr." [syn: elder, sr.]

  4. old in experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" [syn: old]

Wikipedia
Older (Royseven song)

"Older" is a song by the Irish alternative rock sestet, Royseven, found on their debut album, The Art of Insincerity. The song was released as their debut Irish single in September 2006, entering the Irish Singles Chart on September 14 where it reached #6 for two weeks. 1

Older (album)

Older is the third solo studio album by George Michael, released in Europe on 13 May 1996 through Virgin Records and one day later in the United States. The American release was the very first album released by DreamWorks Records. It was his first album since 1990's Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1 – the five-and-a-half-year gap was due to the controversial legal battle that Michael experienced with his record company. Michael dedicated three years straight in the recording of Older, and the album found him exploring new musical territories in a more serious fashion compared to his previous work.

At the time of release, the album was a huge commercial hit, particularly in Europe, but was received in America with a lukewarm critical approval and mediocre sales figures. In the UK, the album was particularly notable for producing six Top Three hit singles in a two-year span, creating a record still unsurpassed. The high sales of the album presaged a re-issue of the album under the name of Older & Upper 18 months after its original release.

To date, Older has sold around 8 million copies worldwide.

Older (George Michael song)

"Older" is a single released by George Michael in 1997. It was also released as an EP under the name "The Older EP". The single's b-side is a cover of Bonnie Raitt's single " I Can't Make You Love Me". The single peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart, peaking behind his previous single " Spinning the Wheel" by just one place.

Older

Older may refer to:

  • the comparative form of old
  • Older (album), the third studio album from George Michael (released in 1996)
    • " Older / I Can't Make You Love Me," a song from the aforementioned album
  • "Older," a song by They Might Be Giants on their 1999 album Long Tall Weekend
  • "Older" (Royseven song), a song by Royseven
  • Airin Older, the Sugarcult guitarist

Usage examples of "older".

Many of the older writers mention this form of fetation as a curiosity, but offer no explanation as to its cause.

Among the older naturalists, such as Pliny and Aristotle, and even in the older historians, whose scope included natural as well as civil and political history, the atypic and bizarre, and especially the aberrations of form or function of the generative organs, caught the eye most quickly.

For the rest, we doubt not that the modern reporter is, to be mild, quite as much of a myth-maker as his elder brother, especially if we find modern instances that are essentially like the older cases reported in reputable journals or books, and by men presumably honest.

In our collection we have endeavored, so far as possible, to cite similar cases from the older and from the more recent literature.

While some are simply examples of vicarious or compensatory menstruation, and were so explained even by the older writers, there are many that are physiologic curiosities of considerable interest.

Richter, de Fontechia, Laurentius, Marcellus Donatus, Amatus Lusitanus, and Bierling are some of the older writers who have observed this anomaly.

Many of the older books on obstetric subjects are full of such instances, and modern illustrations are constantly reported.

The older authors quoted several such instances, and Mehliss says that in the ancient days certain writers remarked that catamenial lustration from the penis was inflicted on the Jews as a divine punishment.

Such instances are numerous in the older literature, and a mere citation of a few is considered sufficient here.

The older observers thought this woman must have had two orifices to her womb, one of which had some connection with the stomach, as they had records of the dissection of a female in whom was found a conformation similar to this.

The older writers kept a careful record of the anomalous and extraordinary injuries of this character and of their effects.

There are several cases among the older writers in which odors are said to have produced abortion, but as analogues are not to be found in modern literature, unless the odor is very poisonous or pungent, we can give them but little credence.

This case recalls a somewhat similar one given by the older writers, in which a fetus was eaten by a worm.

Bartholinus, Wolff, Schenck, Horstius, Hagendorn, Fabricius Hildanus, Valerius, Rolfinck, Cornarius, Boener, and other older writers cite cases of this kind.

Cesarean section is quite copious, it is very seldom that we find authentic records in the writings of the older medical observers.