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in years or life; having lived till toward the end of the ordinary term of living; as, an old man; an old age; an old horse; an old tree. Let not old age disgrace my high desire. Sir P. Sidney. The melancholy news that we grow old. Young.

Virginia; -- a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as "the Colony and Dominion of Virginia."

See Auld lang syne.

Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.

Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl. "Old-fashioned men of wit." Addison. This old-fashioned, quaint abode. Longfellow.

Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one. Byron.

Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.

The condition or characteristics of an old maid. G. Eliot.

Like an old woman; anile. -- Old`-wom"an*ish*ness, n.

Old; ancient; as, the olden time. "A minstrel of the olden stamp." J. C. Shairp.

Somewhat old.

The state or quality of being old; old age.

An old person. [Jocular] H. Kingsley.

Cold. [Obs.] "Poor Tom's acold." Shak.

Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak.

The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.

The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.

; to regard with the eyes. When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. Num. xxi. 9. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John. i. 29.

Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted. But being so beholden to the Prince. Tennyson.

One who beholds; a spectator.