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A young salmon; a parr.

The young of the sea trout. [Prov. Eng.]

between the base of the lower leaves and the stalk of wheat, and are very destructive to young wheat; -- so called from the erroneous idea that it was brought into America by the Hessian troops, during the Revolution.

Elated. Young.

To prevent or embarrass; to debar; to shut out. What hinders younger brothers, being fathers of families, from having the same right Locke.

Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. And on the hither side, or so she looked, Of twenty summers. Tennyson. To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name of Charles Darwin stands alongside of those of Isaac Newt…

A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [Colloq.] All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .

A young sheep that has not been shorn. [Eng.]

A young boar of the second year.

A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day. And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday. Milton.

A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.

The possession of but one kind of larvæ or young, as in most insects.

males), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced.

A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow. [Colloq. U.S.]

ation, or promises desired good. The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16. A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay.

e; to house farming utensils; to house cattle. At length have housed me in a humble shed. Young. House your choicest carnations, or rather set them under a penthouse. Evelyn.

A device in an incubator for protecting the young chickens and keeping them warm.

An act of submission or courtesy. With these humilities they satisfied the young king. Sir J. Davies.

A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; -- used jocosely. Goldsmith.

An aquatic mite of the genus Hydrachna. The hydrachids, while young, are parasitic on fresh-water mussels.