old time (oldtim)

Of old times; having the characteristics of old times; of the old school; of long standing. Old time and honoured leaders like Mr. Bright. R. J. Hinton , Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 361. old-timer (old-timer), n. 1. One who retains the views and customs of former days; an old person who clings to habits and modes of thought now obsolete. [Colloq.] Old-timers unanimously declared that in the new-comer had indeed arisen another Tausig. Music and Drama , XIII. ix. 14. 2. One who has long occupied a given place or position; one who has grown old in a place, profe ion, etc. [Colloq.] In reply to his last remark I said, "But you forget, old man, that most of us old - timers , as you call us, are poor now!" New Princeton Rev. , V. 122. oldwife (old'wif), n.; pl. oldwives (-wīvz). 1. The long-tailed sea-duck, Hareld a glacial is, of the family Anatidæ and the subfamily Fuligulinæ. The male in the breeding season has the two middle tail feathers lance-linear and long-exserted. The bill is black, tipped with orange; the plumage is blackish or white, varied with reddish and silver-gray tints. In winter the IMG:content-1682.jpg:[graphic][merged small] (Male, in full summer plumage; female in the background.) long tail-feathers do not exist, and the reddish parts are replaced by gray. The oldwife breeds in the arctic regions, both on sea-coasts and on large inland waters, and in winter is generally dispersed in temperate regions. It is a lively, voluble duck, having a kind of song it is an expert and a rank feeder, and the flesh is not savory. The nest is placed on the ground; the eggs are 6 or 7 in number, drab-colored, and about 2 inches long by 1 broad. Also called old billy, old granny, old Injun, old molly, old squaw, and south - southerly. 2. In ichth., one of several different fishes. (a) The alewife. (b) The menhaden. [Local, U. S.] (c) The toothed herring. [Maryland.] (d) The spot or lafayette, Liostomus obliquus. [Florida.] (e) The file-fish, Balistes capriscus, and others of the same genus. [Southern United States and Bermudas.] (f) An Australian fish, Enoplosus armatus. [Port Jackson, New South Wales.] old-witch gra . A common weed-gra of North America, Panicum cap ill are, having a very effuse compound panicle. old-womanish (old-wum'an-ish), a. [ It is very easy and old - womanish to offer advice. Sydney Smith, To John Allen. old-woman's-bitter (old-wum'anz-bit'er), n. 1. Same as majoe - bitter . 2. A West Indian tree, Citharexylon cinereum . old-world (old'wėrld), a . 1. Of the ancient world; belonging to a prehistoric or far bygone age; antiquated; old-fashioned. Like an old - world mammoth bulk'd in ice, Not to be molten out. Tennyson, Prince , v. 2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) as distinguished from the New World or America.-3. Specifically, of or pertaining to the continents of the eastern hemisphere as known before the discovery of America; paleogean: as, the old world apes.