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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OLD, a.
1. Advanced far in years or life; having lived beyond the middle period, or rather towards the end of life, or towards the end of the ordinary term of living; applied to animals or plants; as an old man; an old age; an old camel or horse; an old tree. This adjective is placed after the noun that designates the time lived.
Abraham was seventy five years old when he departed from Haran. Genesis 12.
2. Having been long made or used; decayed by time; as an old garment; an old house.
3. Being of long continuance; begun long ago; as an old acquaintance.
4. Having been long made; not new or fresh; as old wine.
5. Being of a former year's growth; not of the last crop; as old wheat; old hay.
6. Ancient; that existed in former ages; as the old inhabitants of Britain; the old Romans.
7. Of any duration whatever; as a year old; seven years old. How old art thou?
8. subsisting before something else. He built a new house on the site of the old one. The old law is repealed by the new.
9. Long practiced. he is grown old in vice. He is an old offender.
10. That has been long cultivated; as old land; an old farm; opposed to new land, land lately cleared and cultivated.
11. More than enough; great.
If a man were porter of hellgate, he should have old turning the key.
12. In vulgar language, crafty; cunning.
Of old, long ago; from ancient times; as in days of old.
We apply old chiefly to things subject to decay. We never say, the old sun, or an old mountain.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?" [ant: immature, young]
2: of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" [ant: new]
3: (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"
4: skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers" [syn: old, older]
5: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile, former, old, onetime, one- time, quondam, sometime]
6: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to- god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel" [syn: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old, sure-enough]
7: of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
8: just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: previous, old] n
1: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German alt old, Latin alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, deep Date: before 12th century 1. a. dating from the remote past ; ancient <old traditions> b. persisting from an earlier time <an old ailment> <they brought up the same old argument> c. of long standing <an old friend> 2. a. distinguished from an object of the same kind by being of an earlier date <many still used the old name> b. capitalized belonging to an early period in the development of a language or literature <Old Persian> 3. having existed for a specified period of time <a child three years old> 4. of, relating to, or originating in a past era <old chronicles record the event> 5. a. advanced in years or age <an old person> b. showing the characteristics of age <looked old at 20> 6. experienced <an old trooper speaking of the last war> 7. former <his old students> 8. a. showing the effects of time or use ; worn, aged <old shoes> b. no longer in use ; discarded <old rags> c. of a grayish or dusty color <old mauve> d. tiresome <gets old fast> 9. a. long familiar <same old story> <good old Joe> b. — used as an intensive <a high old time> c. — used to express an attitude of affection or amusement <a big old dog> <flex the old biceps> <any old time> Synonyms: old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, archaic, obsolete mean having come into existence or use in the more or less distant past. old may apply to either actual or merely relative length of existence <old houses> <an old sweater of mine>. ancient applies to occurrence, existence, or use in or survival from the distant past <ancient accounts of dragons>. venerable stresses the impressiveness and dignity of great age <the family's venerable patriarch>. antique applies to what has come down from a former or ancient time <collected antique Chippendale furniture>. antiquated implies being discredited or outmoded or otherwise inappropriate to the present time <antiquated teaching methods>. archaic implies having the character or characteristics of a much earlier time <the play used archaic language to convey a sense of period>. obsolete may apply to something regarded as no longer acceptable or useful even though it is still in existence <a computer that makes earlier models obsolete>. II. noun Date: 13th century 1. one of a specified age — usually used in combination <a 3-year-old> 2. old or earlier time — used in the phrase of old <the cavalry of old>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b not young or near its beginning. 2 made long ago. 3 long in use. 4 worn or dilapidated or shabby from the passage of time. 5 having the characteristics (experience, feebleness, etc.) of age (the child has an old face). 6 practised, inveterate (an old offender; old in crime). 7 belonging only or chiefly to the past; lingering on; former (old times; haunted by old memories). 8 dating from far back; long established or known; ancient, primeval (old as the hills; old friends; an old family). 9 (appended to a period of time) of age (is four years old; a four-year-old boy; a four-year-old). 10 (of language) as used in former or earliest times. 11 colloq. as a term of affection or casual reference (good old Charlie; old shipmate). 12 the former or first of two or more similar things (our old house; wants his old job back). Phrases and idioms: old age the later part of normal life. old-age pension = retirement pension. old-age pensioner a person receiving this. Old Bailey the Central Criminal Court in London. Old Bill Brit. sl. the police. old bird a wary person. old boy 1 a former male pupil of a school. 2 colloq. a an elderly man. b an affectionate form of address to a boy or man. old boy network Brit. colloq. preferment in employment of those from a similar social background, esp. fellow ex-pupils of public schools. the old country the native country of colonists etc. Old English the English language up to c.1150. old-fashioned in or according to a fashion or tastes no longer current; antiquated. Old French the French language of the period before c.1400. old fustic see FUSTIC. old girl 1 a former female pupil of a school. 2 colloq. a an elderly woman. b an affectionate term of address to a girl or woman. Old Glory US the US national flag. old gold a dull brownish-gold colour. old guard the original or past or conservative members of a group. old hand a person with much experience. old hat colloq. something tediously familiar or out of date. Old High German High German (see GERMAN) up to c.1200. old lady colloq. one's mother or wife. old lag see LAG(3). old maid 1 derog. an elderly unmarried woman. 2 a prim and fussy person. 3 a card-game in which players try not to be left with an unpaired queen. old-maidish like an old maid. old man colloq. 1 one's husband or father. 2 one's employer or other person in authority over one. 3 an affectionate form of address to a boy or man. old man's beard a wild clematis, Clematis vitalba, with grey fluffy hairs round the seeds: also called traveller's joy (see TRAVELLER). old master 1 a great artist of former times, esp. of the 13th-17th c. in Europe. 2 a painting by such a painter. old moon the moon in its last quarter, before the new moon. Old Nick colloq. the Devil. Old Norse see NORSE. an old one a familiar joke. Old Pals Act Brit. the principle that friends should always help one another. Old Pretender James Stuart (1688-1766), son of James II and claimant to the British throne. old retainer see RETAINER 3b. old school 1 traditional attitudes. 2 people having such attitudes. old school tie Brit. 1 a necktie with a characteristic pattern worn by the pupils of a particular (usu. public) school. 2 the principle of excessive loyalty to traditional values. old soldier an experienced person, esp. in an arduous activity. old stager an experienced person, an old hand. old style of a date reckoned by the Julian calendar. Old Testament the part of the Christian Bible containing the scriptures of the Hebrews. old-time belonging to former times. old-timer US a person with long experience or standing. old wives' tale a foolish or unscientific tradition or belief. old woman colloq. 1 one's wife or mother. 2 a fussy or timid man. old-womanish fussy and timid. Old World Europe, Asia, and Africa. old-world belonging to or associated with old times. old year the year just ended or about to end. Derivatives: oldish adj. oldness n. Etymology: OE ald f. WG

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Old Old, n. Open country. [Obs.] See World. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is old has lived for many years and is no longer young. ...a white-haired old man... He was considered too old for the job. = elderly ? young ADJ • The old are people who are old. ...providing a caring response for the needs of the old and the handicapped. N-PLURAL: the N 2. You use old to talk about how many days, weeks, months, or years someone or something has lived or existed. He was abandoned by his father when he was three months old... The paintings in the chapel were perhaps a thousand years old... How old are you now?... Bill was six years older than David. ADJ: amount ADJ, how ADJ, as ADJ as, ADJ-compar than 3. Something that is old has existed for a long time. She loved the big old house... These books must be very old. ...an old Arab proverb. ? new ADJ 4. Something that is old is no longer in good condition because of its age or because it has been used a lot. He took a bunch of keys from the pocket of his old corduroy trousers. ...an old toothbrush. ? new ADJ: usu ADJ n 5. You use old to refer to something that is no longer used, that no longer exists, or that has been replaced by something else. The old road had disappeared under grass and heather... Although the old secret police have been abolished, the military police still exist... ADJ: ADJ n 6. You use old to refer to something that used to belong to you, or to a person or thing that used to have a particular role in your life. I'll make up the bed in your old room... Mark was heartbroken when Jane returned to her old boyfriend. ADJ: poss ADJ n 7. An old friend, enemy, or rival is someone who has been your friend, enemy, or rival for a long time. I called my old friend John Horner... The French and English are old rivals. ADJ: ADJ n 8. You can use old to express affection when talking to or about someone you know. (INFORMAL) Are you all right, old chap?... Good old Bergen would do him the favor. ADJ: ADJ n [feelings] 9. You use any old to emphasize that the quality or type of something is not important. If you say that a particular thing is not any old thing, you are emphasizing how special or famous it is. (INFORMAL) The portraits and sumptuous ornaments, and the gold clock, show that this is not just any old front room. PHRASE: PHR n [emphasis] 10. In the old days means in the past, before things changed. In the old days we got a visit from the vet maybe once a year. PHRASE: PHR with cl 11. When people refer to the good old days, they are referring to a time in the past when they think that life was better than it is now. He remembers the good old days when everyone in his village knew him and you could leave your door open at night. PHRASE 12. good old: see good to settle an old score: see score up to one's old tricks: see trick

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

old.

See AGE, OLD.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Aged, elderly, of advanced age, advanced in years. 2. Ancient, antique, antiquated, old-fashioned, olden. 3. Of long date, not new. 4. Going to decay, worn out, good for nothing, decayed. 5. Ancient, pristine, primitive, original. 6. Former, pre-existing, preceding. 7. Experienced, practised, skilled. 8. Long-cultivated, fertile, rich. 9. Thoughtful, sensible, intelligent. 10. Crafty, cunning, sly, wise, shrewd, sagacious (colloq.). 11. Aged, antiquated, bad, mean.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Ugly. Cant.

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	OLD
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ANE
FAA District	NONE
State	ME
State	MAINE
County	PENOBSCOT
County State	ME
City Name	OLD TOWN
Full Name	"DEWITT FLD,OLD TOWN MUNI"
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"OLD TOWN, ME 04468"
Elevation	126
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	HALIFAX
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	02
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	NW
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	Y
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	010
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	003
Based Helicopters	004
Air Taxi	001500
General Aviation, Local Operations	053900
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	003960
Military Aircraft Operations	000900
Latitude	44.9525000000
Longitude	-68.6743333333
State FIPS code	23
State Postal Code	ME
Version	09

Moby Thesaurus

abandoned, abjured, adult, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, age-old, aged, ageless, along in years, ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, auld, big, blase, bygone, constant, continuing, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, dated, dateless, demode, deserted, discontinued, disused, done with, early, elderly, enduring, erstwhile, established, experienced, firm, fore, former, getting on, gray, gray with age, gray-haired, gray-headed, grown, grown old, grown-up, hoar, hoary, immemorial, inveterate, knowing, late, lifelong, long-lived, marriable, marriageable, mature, matured, maturescent, not born yesterday, not worth saving, nubile, obsolescent, obsolete, of age, of marriageable age, of old, of yore, old as Methuselah, old as history, old as time, old-fashioned, old-time, old-timey, olden, oldfangled, on the shelf, once, onetime, out, out of use, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, outworn, overage, passe, past, past use, patriarchal, pensioned off, perennial, perpetual, practical, practiced, prehistoric, previous, primeval, primitive, prior, quondam, recent, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, ripe, ripened, sagacious, seasoned, senectuous, skilled, solid, sometime, sophisticated, staying, steady, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, then, timeless, timeworn, traditional, tried, tried and true, venerable, versed, vet, veteran, whilom, white, white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, world-wise, worldly, worldly-wise, worn-out, wrinkled, wrinkly, years old