If a man were porter of hell gate, he should have old turning the
key.
Shak.
9. Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other
qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of
reproach.
10. Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old
times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
11. Used colloquially as a term of cordiality and familiarity. "Go thy
ways, old lad." Shak.
Old age, advanced years; the latter period of life. -- Old bachelor.
See Bachelor, 1. -- Old Catholics. See under Catholic. -- Old English.
See under English. n., 2. -- Old Nick, Old Scratch, the devil. -- Old
lady (Zoöl.), a large European noctuid moth (Mormo maura). -- Old maid.
(a) A woman, somewhat advanced in years, who has never been married; a
spinster. (b) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the pink-flowered
periwinkle (Vinca rosea). (c) A simple game of cards, played by
matching them. The person with whom the odd card is left is the old
maid. -- Old man's beard. (Bot.) (a) The traveler's joy (Clematis
Vitalba). So named from the abundant long feathery awns of its fruit.
(b) The Tillandsia usneoides. See Tillandsia. -- Old man's head (Bot.),
a columnar cactus (Pilocereus senilis), native of Mexico, covered
towards the top with long white hairs. -- Old red sandstone (Geol.), a
series of red sandstone rocks situated below the rocks of the
Carboniferous age and comprising various strata of siliceous sandstones
and conglomerates. See Sandstone, and the Chart of Geology. -- Old
school, a school or party belonging to a former time, or preserving the
character, manner, or opinions of a former time; as, a gentleman of the
old school; -- used also adjectively; as, Old-School Presbyterians. --
Old sledge, an old and well-known game of cards, called also all fours,
and high, low, Jack, and the game. -- Old squaw (Zoöl.), a duck
(Clangula hyemalis) inhabiting the northern parts of both hemispheres.
The adult male is varied with black and white and is remarkable for the
length of its tail. Called also longtailed duck, south southerly,
callow, hareld, and old wife. -- Old style. (Chron.) See the Note under
Style. -- Old Testament. See under Testament. -- Old wife. [In the
senses b and cwritten also oldwife.] (a) A prating old woman; a gossip.
Refuse profane and old wives' fables.