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Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

A Scottish phrase used in recalling recollections of times long since past. "The days of auld lang syne."

A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.

See Chawdron. [Obs.]

The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

A piece of armor covering the shoulder at the junction of the body piece and arm piece.

A ribald. [Obs.] Spenser.

The shoulder. [Scot.]

Expressive of awe or terror. An awesome glance up at the auld castle. Sir W. Scott.

A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] "Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

Entrails. [Obs.] [Written also chaudron, chauldron.] Shak.

leap upon thy prey, And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay. Mrs. Barbauld.

day, Eye of the morning, Eye of heaven, the sun. "So gently shuts the eye day." Mrs. Barbauld. -- Eye of a ship, the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- Half an eye, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half…

ary burden of villainy. Rambler. Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. La Rochefoucauld (Trans. ).

See Auld lang syne.

See Pauldron.

ar Paris, when it was the home of the Jansenists in the 17th century, among them being Arnauld, Pascal, and other famous scholars. Cf. Jansenist.

See Pauldron.

Same as Pauldron.

d more specifically; as, some man, that is, some one man. "Some brighter clime." Mrs. Barbauld. Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent. Chaucer. Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other of their lives, are ambitious of representing their county in Parliament. Blackstone.