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A young hawk or falcon in the first year.

A young buck in the third year. See the Note under Buck. Shak.

comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman.

goodness. That he wants algebra he must confess; But not a soul to give our arms success. Young.

With a sudden swoop; violently. Young.

ace, or capable of so doing; dashing. Four spanking grays ready harnessed. G. Colman, the Younger.

A young salmon.

ope (Passer domesticus) is noted for its familiarity, its voracity, its attachment to its young, and its fecundity. See House sparrow, under House.

A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.

A young herring. [Local, U.S.]

er, usually represented as having the winged body of a lion, and the face and breast of a young woman.

s of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.…

To fix on a spike. [R.] Young.

Like a spike; spikelike. These spiky, vivid outbursts of metallic vapors. C. A. Young.

d; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf. Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark. Locke.

A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket.

who is foolishly fond. [Colloq.] There is no doubt, whatever, that I was a lackadaisical young spooney. Dickens.

ouse, the spousess, the Duchess of Bedford her mother, the priest, two gentlewomen, and a young man. Fabyan.

A young salmon. [Prov. Eng.]

er; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See Diver. -- Sprat loon. (Zoöl.) (a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See Diver. -- Sprat mew (Zoöl.), the kittiwake gull.