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proofs of holy writ. Shak. Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life. Young.

The active young larva of any oil beetle. It has feet armed with three claws, and is parasitic on bees. See Illust. of Oil beetle, under Oil.

A young larval form of many annelids, mollusks, and bryozoans, in which a circle of cilia is developed around the anterior end.

rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water. Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish. Bancroft.

A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.

-- so called from the tuft, or gold tassel, on the cap worn by them. [Cant, Eng.] Several young tufts, and others of the faster men. T. Hughes.

Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.

Proudly; haughtily. [A Latinism. R.] One of great merit turbidly resents them. Young.

ence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure. A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. Addison.

narily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.

A young or little twin, especially a twin lamb.

Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. [R.] Young.

To deprive of the coif or cap. Young.

Ignorant. [Obs.] I am young and uncunning, as thou wost [knowest]. Chaucer.

to plant (young trees) under an existing stand.

Not differentiated; specifically (Biol.), homogenous, or nearly so; -- said especially of young or embryonic tissues which have not yet undergone differentiation (see Differentiation, 3), that is, which show no visible separation into their different structural parts.

To draw aside or open; to draw back. Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. Young.

Producing but one egg or young at a time.

To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy. [R.] Young.

To untie. [Archaic] Young.