(b) (Zoöl.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea
bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. (c) (Zoöl.) A
duck; the old squaw. -- Old World, the Eastern Hemisphere.
Syn. -- Aged; ancient; pristine; primitive; antique; antiquated;
old-fashioned; obsolete. See Ancient.
Old"en (?), a. Old; ancient; as, the olden time. "A minstrel of the
olden stamp." J. C. Shairp.