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y; as, one man has the ascendant over another. Chievres had acquired over the mind of the young monarch the ascendant not only of a tutor, but of a parent. Robertson.

The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.

To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. Sir W. Scott.

The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.

their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena. An undevout astronomer is mad. Young.

in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).

rious aureole of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor. The aureole of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes.

One who is self-taught. [R.] Young.

avail to check the disease. "What signs avail " Milton. Words avail very little with me, young man. Sir W. Scott.

Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur. The babble of our young children. Darwin. The babble of the stream. Tennyson.

An infant; a young child of either sex; a baby.

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

d no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field; often, a young knight.

The body of young aspirants for knighthood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The white-headed eagle (Haliæetus leucocephalus) of America. The young, until several years old, lack the white feathers on the head.

has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

freshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young.

n cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. His hair cut in front like a young lady's bang. W. D. Howells.

A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory.] In what out of the way corners genius produces her bantlings. W. Irving.