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A young herring. [Eng.]

strained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward. In simple manners all the secret lies. Young.

in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. "A sisterhood of holy nuns." Shak. The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.

A young, thoughtless person. Shak.

lacken pursuit; to slacken industry. "Rancor for to slack." Chaucer. I should be grieved, young prince, to think my presence Unbent your thoughts, and slackened 'em to arms. Addison. In this business of growing rich, poor men should slack their pace. South. With such delay Well plased, they slack their course. Milton.…

A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.

The young of a beast brought forth prematurely, esp. a calf brought forth before its time.

To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink. To slip a cable. (Naut.) See under Cable. -- To slip off, to take off quickly; as, to slip off a coat. -- To slip on, to put on in haste or loosely; as, to slip on a gown or coat.

To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity. "Why slumbers Pope" Young.

a sharp noise by striking; to crack; as, to smack a whip. "She smacks the silken thong." Young.

ing. Who, for the poor renown of being smart Would leave a sting within a brother's heart Young. A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart. Addison.

Amorous glance or inclination. [Obs.] "A smickering to our young lady." Dryden.

es and smiles not. Shak. She led to see the doughty hero slain. Pope. When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled. Byron.

A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

The quality or state of being smudged, soiled, or blurred. C. A. Young.

ooth. Robynson (More's Utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.

clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away. Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller. The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe.…

The fillet which binds the hair of a young unmarried woman, and is emblematic of her maiden character. [Scot.] And seldom was a snood amid Such wild, luxuriant ringlets hid. Sir W. Scott.

Hence, affected gravity or seriousness. Solemnity 's a cover for a sot. Young.

Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful. [R.] A brow solute, and ever-laughing eye. Young.