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Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretically skilled. [Obs.] A man but young, Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic In all humanity. Massinger.

Carefully; properly; becomingly. [Obs.] A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [greeted]. Chaucer.

rease in bulk or stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, as a plant; to flourish; as, young cattle thrive in rich pastures; trees thrive in a good soil.

eaning given by the schoolmen. Milton. Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young.

To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.

To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude. "Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse." Chapman. To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.] As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some covert glade. Spenser.

ly livid red in color. Some of the species often attach themselves to the human body. The young are active and have at first but six legs.

es of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. Young.

That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.

A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.

Having no end; interminable; unending. "Timeless night and chaos." Young.

A young mackerel about two years old.

page of a book which contains it title. The world's all title-page; there's no contents. Young.

One who toddles; especially, a young child. Mrs. Gaskell.

. -- To show the teeth, to threaten. "When the Law shows her teeth, but dares not bite." Young. -- To the teeth, in open opposition; directly to one's face. "That I shall live, and tell him to his teeth ." Shak.

Having no trade or traffic. Young.

all or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees. He trained the young branches to the right hand or to the left. Jeffrey.

[Obs.] Like powerful armies, trenching at a town By slow and silent, but resistless, sap. Young.

"With a trice." Turbervile. " On a trice." Shak. A man shall make his fortune in a trice. Young.

ecome adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.