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A young fox Shak.

A young kid.

the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]

A school for young children, conducted on the theory that education should be begun by gratifying and cultivating the normal aptitude for exercise, play, observation, imitation, and construction; -- a name given by Friedrich Froebel, a German educator, who introduced this method of training, in rooms opening on a garde…

To bring forth young. [Obs.] Shak. The poor beast had but lately kindled. Holland.

The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin. Kip leather. See Kipskin.

Leather prepared from the skin of young or small cattle, intermediate in grade between calfskin and cowhide.

t." Grew. Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance. Dickens.

A young kitten; a whelp. [Obs. or Scot.] B. Jonson.

A young cat.

To bring forth young, as a cat; to kitten; to litter. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]

dian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'errun. Young.

The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also knobber.] Halliwell. He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W. Scott.

A tailless marsupial (Phascolarctos cinereus), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear, native bear, and native sloth.

To be in want. The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger. Ps. xxxiv. 10.

adder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence. Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. Shak. Fish ladder. See under Fish. -- Ladder beetle (Zoöl.), an American leaf beetle (Chrysomela scalaris). The elytra are silvery white, striped and spotted with green; the under wings are rose-colored.…

The young of the sheep.

A race run by young men with lighted torches in their hands. He who reached the goal first, with his torch unextinguished, gained the prize.

Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts several times, and may change its form or color each time. The larvæ of many insects are much like the adults in form and habits, but have no trace of wings, the rudimentary wings appeari…