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

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

To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham.

To give boldness or courage to; to encourage. Shak. The self-conceit which emboldened him to undertake this dangerous office. Sir W. Scott.

One who emboldens.

To render cold. [Obs.]

Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.

California; -- a nickname alluding to its rich gold deposits.

r. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.

graceful elongated cluster. The name is common to all the species of the genus Solidago. Golden-rod tree (Bot.), a shrub (Bosea Yervamora), a native of the Canary Isles.

In golden terms or a golden manner; splendidly; delightfully. [Obs.] Shak.

See Embolden.

Not yielded. [Obs.] "[By] force . . . is he taken unyolden." Sir T. Browne.

Yielded.

A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.

A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles. "The spirit of the age." Prescott. Truth, in some age or other, will find her witness. Milton. Archeological ages are designated as three: The Stone age (the early and the later stone age, called paleolithic a…

Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious. Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy. Shak.

or acceptable; to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. The golden alluvions are there [in California and Australia] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

ssengers. O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. Milton.