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News aggregator
The Old Reader is a web-based news aggregator that delivers website, blog, and other Internet content to a web-based inbox. The service sprang up when
The_Old_Reader
Defunct RSS/Atom feed aggregator formerly operated by Google
replacement called "The Old Reader." In 2022, Techdirt called the discontinuation of Google Reader "one of the defining moments in the shift from a more
Google_Reader
1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink
The Reader (German: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in 1995. The story is a parable dealing with
The_Reader
Comparative list of RSS feed aggregators
Bulygina (12 June 2012). "Thank you note". Tumblr. The Old Reader blog. "The Old Reader". The Old Reader. "tt-rss". Tiny Tiny RSS. "Winamp: Supported versions:
Comparison of feed aggregators
Comparison_of_feed_aggregators
Video game series
Reader Rabbit is an educational video game franchise created in 1984 by The Learning Company. The series is aimed at children from infancy to the age
Reader_Rabbit
2008 film by Stephen Daldry
The Reader is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, scripted by David Hare, adapting the 1995 German novel Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink
The_Reader_(2008_film)
Australian literary award from 1946
The Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers has been presented annually since 1946 by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA). Note: from
Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers
Children's_Book_of_the_Year_Award:_Older_Readers
Pietistic movement in Sweden and Finland
Läsare (lit. 'reader') or the Reader movement was a Swedish Pietistic Christian revival movement of people who stressed the importance of reading (läseri)
Läsare
British gangster and robber (1939–2023)
was given another discharge. In late 1958, Reader made his first appearance at the Old Bailey, which the investigative journalists Tom Pettifor and Nick
Brian_Reader_(criminal)
Children's educational classroom magazine
Weekly Reader was a weekly educational classroom magazine designed for children. It began in 1928 as My Weekly Reader. Editions covered curriculum themes
Weekly_Reader
Australian writer and educator (1950–2024)
shortlisted for the CBCA's Children's Book of the Year: Older Readers award. Upon publication in the United States, Letters From the Inside received accolades
John_Marsden_(writer)
Series of children's early reading books
The Eclectic Readers (commonly, but informally known as the McGuffey Readers) were a series of graded primers for grade levels 1–6. They were widely used
McGuffey_Readers
English football referee (1896–1978)
George Reader (22 November 1896 – 13 July 1978) was an English football referee, known for officiating in the 1950 FIFA World Cup Final. He is the first
George_Reader
Australian children's writer (born 1961)
his novel The Day My Bum Went Psycho, which was also adapted into a television series. His latest series, featuring YOU (the reader) and ME (the narrator)
Andy_Griffiths_(author)
Australian writer (born 1975)
Messenger (I Am the Messenger in the United States), published in 2002, won the 2003 CBC Book of the Year Award (Older Readers), the New South Wales Premier's
Markus_Zusak
Free and open-source news aggregator
News, Feedly, Inoreader, feed readers which use Google Reader's API such as FreshRSS, The Old Reader, and Bazqux. The application may also act as a simple
RSS_Guard
Device for reading e-books
An e-reader, also called an e reader or e device, is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books
E-reader
Scottish singer-songwriter
Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE (born 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as the lead vocalist of the folk and soft rock band
Eddi_Reader
Anagnostes who reads aloud from the scriptures
denominations, a reader or lector is the person responsible for reading aloud excerpts of scripture at a liturgy. In early Christian times the reader was of particular
Reader_(liturgy)
Annual book award
Younger Readers, and Books for Older Readers. The selections are made entirely by children, which is unique among British literary awards. The Federation
Children's_Book_Award_(UK)
2008 New Zealand feature film
The Map Reader is a New Zealand drama film, directed, written and edited by Harold Brodie and released in 2008. It was produced by John Davies for Arkles
The_Map_Reader
Australian children's author (born 1954)
Older Readers : Crossfire 1994 Honour Book - Older Readers : Dougy 1995 Honour Book - Older Readers : Gracey 1996 Book of the Year - Younger Readers :
James_Moloney
Tourist steam railroad in Arkansas, U.S.
The 5-mile (8.0 km) Reader Railroad was a tourist-only railroad operating in Reader, Arkansas from 1973 to 1991. As a 23-mile (37 km) common carrier prior
Reader_Railroad
Children's literature award
Text for Young Readers, Nonfiction text for Older Readers, Picture Book Text, Picture Book Illustration, and Illustration for Older Readers." Winners are
Golden_Kite_Award
the "Younger Reader" category was redefined as "Picture Book". In 2020, the "Older Reader" category was redefined as "Middle Grade". The "Teen Reader"
List of Sydney Taylor Book Award recipients
List_of_Sydney_Taylor_Book_Award_recipients
American general-interest magazine
midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wife Lila Bell Wallace. For many years, Reader's Digest was the best-selling consumer
Reader's_Digest
Trivia book series
Bathroom Reader is a series of books containing trivia and short essays on miscellaneous topics, ostensibly for reading in the bathroom. The books are
Uncle_John's_Bathroom_Reader
Social news curation and discovery app
and Social News Reader". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2014. "Bringing functional to the frontend: Clojure + ClojureScript for the web". Retrieved
Prismatic_(app)
Manga aimed at young men
older shōnen magazines, which began including series for older readers. In the 1980s, the rise of seinen magazines was one of the main drivers of the
Seinen_manga
Non-clerical Anglican worship leader
(LLM) or lay reader (in some jurisdictions simply reader) is a person authorised by a bishop to lead certain services of worship (or parts of the service)
Licensed_lay_minister
1937 book by J. R. R. Tolkien
More recently, the book has been recognized as "Most Important 20th-Century Novel (for Older Readers)" in the Children's Books of the Century poll in
The_Hobbit
1958 novel for children by Elyne Mitchell
Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1959. The story follows the fortunes of a young stallion in a herd of brumbies in the Australian mountain country
The_Silver_Brumby_(novel)
2025 film by Kim Byung-woo
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (Korean: 전지적 독자 시점) is a 2025 South Korean action fantasy film directed by Kim Byung-woo, starring Lee Min-ho, Ahn Hyo-seop
Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
Omniscient_Reader:_The_Prophecy
Children's literature award
categories: Early Readers – for books for readers under 8 years old Younger Readers – for books for readers between 8 and 12 years old Older Readers – for books
BILBY_Award
Data input device
A card reader is a data input device that reads data from a card-shaped storage medium and provides the data to a computer. Card readers can acquire data
Card_reader
Series of young adult novels by John Marsden
Australia as a notable title for older readers for its respective year of publication. The first novel is recommended by the New South Wales Board of Studies
Tomorrow_series
PDF application software
(PDF) files. The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Reader), Acrobat (formerly Exchange) and Acrobat.com. The basic Acrobat Reader, available for
Adobe_Acrobat
Australian children's author (born 1943)
for older readers; 1989 Uncanny! – Winner, best book for older readers; 1989 The Cabbage Patch Fib – Winner, best book for younger readers; 1990 The Paw
Paul Jennings (Australian author)
Paul_Jennings_(Australian_author)
Series of fantasy young adult novels by James Patterson
called The School. The series was inspired by Patterson's earlier novels When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which were intended for older readers. Max
Maximum_Ride
Book by Jackie French
Fiction for Older Readers (2008) Shortlisted - Kids Own Australian Literature Award: Favourite Book of 2008 (2008) Named a "Blue Ribbon" book by the Bulletin
Hitler's_Daughter
Fictional character of franchise Fight Club
Narrator does not have a name in the novel, though he frequently uses the phrase "I am Joe's [blank]", referencing an old Reader's Digest series in which human
The_Narrator_(Fight_Club)
Editor who identifies potentially offensive content
A sensitivity reader is someone hired to look for offensive content, stereotypes, and bias in a literary work, and to create a report for an author or
Sensitivity_reader
Australian writer
Awards Older Readers Book of the Year: shortlisted for Comes the Night 2011 – Children's Book Council of Australia Awards Younger Readers Book of the Year:
Isobelle_Carmody
Novel series
of Star Wars young reader novels, published between 1999 and 2002. The series was primarily written by Jude Watson, although the first book was written
Star_Wars:_Jedi_Apprentice
2011 Spanish novel by Antonio Garrido
The Corpse Reader is a novel in a mix of several genres, has elements of historical thriller, realistic, medical fiction, and science fantasy by Spanish
The_Corpse_Reader
Free and open source text-based RSS/Atom feedreader
free and open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals for Unix-like operating systems, released under the MIT License. It is an actively maintained
Newsboat
2006 book by Michael Gerard Bauer
for the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year award in the older reader category in 2007. In April 2018, Don't Call Me Ishmael: The Musical
Don't_Call_Me_Ishmael
News aggregator for text terminals
feature was removed when Google discontinued Google Reader. Support for alternatives such as The Old Reader and NewsBlur was introduced in version 2.8. Newsbeuter's
Newsbeuter
News aggregator and social network aggregation company
"flip" through the articles, images, and videos being shared. Readers can also save stories into Flipboard magazines. As of March 2016 the company claims
Personalized news aggregation app for smartphones, tablets and the web
versions for the iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows 8, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and the web. In August 2019, News360 was acquired by PressReader. As of August
News360
Epic fantasy series by Steven Erikson
set the stage for the Kharkanas Trilogy. He also approached the project with new readers as well as old readers in mind, so as to give new readers an alternative
The_Kharkanas_Trilogy
News aggregator software
Liferea (short for Linux Feed Reader) is a news aggregator for online news feeds and podcasts. It supports the major feed formats including RSS/RDF and
Liferea
Graphic novel by Greg Neri
included it on their "Best Informational Books for Older Readers of 2010" list. The novel also received the following awards and honors: 2011 YALSA Top 10
Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty
Yummy:_the_Last_Days_of_a_Southside_Shorty
1990 Irish children's novel
running a bakery. Under the Hawthorn Tree received the Children's and Young Adult's Book Award for Older Reader Category in 1991. The book was enormously
Under the Hawthorn Tree (novel)
Under_the_Hawthorn_Tree_(novel)
Novel by Patricia Wrightson
Aboriginal mythology. The book was the winner of the 1974 Children's Book Council of Australia Children's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, and Patricia
The_Nargun_and_the_Stars
Collection of novels based on video game
The Myst Reader is a collection of three novels based on the Myst series of adventure games. The collection was published in September 2004 and combines
The_Myst_Reader
Children's' book series
intended for older readers were also published in 1983 by Arnold-Wheaton. Sheila McCullagh also wrote many other books, including Puddle Lane, The Village
Tim_and_the_Hidden_People
Children's novel by Astrid Lindgren
These adventures form the greater part of the book. To older readers, the book is deliberately ambiguous about how much of the plot is in fact real, keeping
The_Brothers_Lionheart
Australian fantasy and eco-thriller author and marine scientist
series, The Sorcerer's Tower, is a quartet of short books for younger readers (from around eight years and up) and was published in 2008 and illustrated
Ian_Irvine
2023 novel by Dan Santat
Jesse Karp highlighted how the book's opening sequence is "sure to engender instant empathy in any middle-school reader". Karp concluded by calling it
A_First_Time_for_Everything
Freemium PDF tool
Foxit PDF Reader (formerly Foxit Reader) is a multilingual freemium PDF (Portable Document Format) tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and
Foxit_PDF_Reader
Client software that aggregates syndicated web content
aggregator, also termed a feed aggregator, content aggregator, feed reader, news reader, or simply an aggregator, is client software or a web application
News_aggregator
Novel by Tim Winton
younger readers and older readers who are looking for a quick, funny read. My mum enjoyed [sic] reading it to my younger brother and sister as well. The book
The_Bugalugs_Bum_Thief
Former alternative newspaper in Nebraska
The Reader was an alternative newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska from 1994 to 2023. The newspaper was owned by Pioneer Publishing, which also published several
The_Reader_(newspaper)
1998 educational video game
Reader Rabbit's 1st Grade (known as Reader Rabbit Key Stage 1: Year 1 in the United Kingdom) is an educational video game, part of the Reader Rabbit series
Reader_Rabbit:_1st_Grade
American writer (1939–2026)
winner for Owl Moon 1989 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers (for The Devil's Arithmetic) 1992 The Catholic Library Association's Regina Medal (for
Jane_Yolen
1966 anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Tolkien Reader is an anthology of works by J. R. R. Tolkien. It includes a variety of short stories, poems, a play and some non-fiction. It compiles
The_Tolkien_Reader
Alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago
The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism
Chicago_Reader
2017 fantasy novel by Rick Riordan
that older readers would find it hard to believe the exaggerated drama. The novel received positive reviews, but overall much less attention than the first
The_Dark_Prophecy
2005 novel by John Scalzi
on the Locus online reader poll for best science fiction novel of the 21st century, and in 2011, Old Man's War was listed 74th on the NPR.com reader poll
Old_Man's_War
1990 novel by Isobelle Carmody
the Year for Older Readers" in the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards. Two years on from the conclusion of Obernewtyn, the story follows the
The_Farseekers
2005 novel by Jacqueline Wilson
intended for older readers by Jacqueline Wilson, first published by Doubleday in 2005. It is illustrated by Nick Sharratt, although the only illustrations
Love_Lessons_(novel)
American author and filmmaker (1942–2008)
Best Long Form Television Script of 1995 (The Writer Guild list the award for 1996) BILBY Award's Older Readers Award in 1996 for Jurassic Park George Foster
Michael_Crichton
Sentence that starts in a way that a reader's likely interpretation will be wrong
sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect; the reader is lured into a parse that turns out to be
Garden-path_sentence
Swedish Lutheran priest (1781–1841)
Old Reader movement (gammalläseri) home, part of the Pietist movement growing in Norrland at the time. As a young man, he is said to have stopped the
Pehr_Brandell
1992 Australian novel by Melina Marchetta
of the Year Award: Older Readers (1993) Won - Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers Award (1995) Won - Books I Love Best Yearly: Older Readers Award
Looking_for_Alibrandi_(novel)
Australian author (born 1965)
Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004. For Jellicoe Road she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library
Melina_Marchetta
2005 Australian young adult novel by J. C. Burke
The Story of Tom Brennan is a 2005 Australian young adult novel written by J. C. Burke. It was named as book of the year for older readers by the Children's
The_Story_of_Tom_Brennan
Earliest historical form of English language
ISBN 0-8047-2221-8. Bremmer Jr, Rolf H. (2009). An Introduction to Old Frisian. History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary (PDF). Amsterdam/ Philadelphia: John Benjamins
Old_English
Australian writer
Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (1985) Won – CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers Won – CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award:
Nadia_Wheatley
1977 novel by Patricia Wrightson
(1981). It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1978. A city-bred Aboriginal boy, Wirrun, comes to the conclusion that the Ninya, central
The_Ice_Is_Coming
1998 novel by Louis Sachar
Book Award 2001, West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Older Readers 2001, Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book 2001, Nene Award 2001
Holes_(novel)
Book by Kevin Henkes
tender precision." Ilene Cooper states in the Book List Publications "Since this is so age specific, older readers might pass it by. That would be too bad
The_Year_of_Billy_Miller
Annual literary awards
and Picture Books for Older Readers (grades 4 and up)—that is, roughly age 10 and up. Both writer and illustrator receive the Primary and Picture Book
California_Young_Reader_Medal
Australian author of books for children (born 1936)
rights award for literature in 1989 and also won the 1990 CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers. It was filmed as Say a Little Prayer in 1993
Robin_Klein
Book award in Canberra, Australia
Picture Book for most popular Fiction for Younger Readers for most popular Fiction for Older Readers for most popular Fiction for Years 7–9 (commenced
COOL_Award
Novel by Andy Griffiths
features young performers in the roles. "Winners". Archived from the original on 2006-09-01. Retrieved 2006-10-22. YARA Older Readers' Award 2001 "YABBA - Young
The_Day_My_Bum_Went_Psycho
British comic
1991, initially fortnightly and later monthly. Designed to appeal to older readers than other Fleetway titles in order to take advantage of a boom in interest
Crisis_(British_comics)
2006 novel by Melina Marchetta
Australia under the title On the Jellicoe Road, where it was awarded the 2008 West Australia Young Readers Book (WAYRB) Award for Older Readers. It was later
On_the_Jellicoe_Road
E-book format
uses the ".epub" file extension. The term is short for electronic publication and is sometimes stylized as ePUB. EPUB is supported by many e-readers, and
EPUB
Japanese children's story
resonate with older readers, who will empathize with the struggles of a lonely outsider." and suggested "Teachers will also appreciate the glimpse into
Gon,_the_Little_Fox
2007 film by Ethan and Joel Coen
seeking Moss and the return of the money. No Country for Old Men premiered in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival on May 19. The film became a commercial
No_Country_for_Old_Men
South Korean web novel
28-year-old office worker in an exploitative gaming company. His only hobby is reading webnovels to and from his office. Dokja is the only reader of the webnovel
Omniscient_Reader's_Viewpoint
American novelist
Up Sides, published in 1998, won the 1999 International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Older Readers and was designated an American Library
John_H._Ritter
Children's novel by Australian author Colin Thiele
Australia. Dedication: To the boys who were boys with me. Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers commended, 1962 The Sun on the Stubble was adapted
The_Sun_on_the_Stubble
Japanese children's writer and novelist (1926–2015)
politician. She was an avid reader. She graduated from high school in 1943. However, because her father died when she was 11 years old, her family could not
Miyoko_Matsutani
2006 science fiction novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer
for Youth (Older Reader's Category) in 2006. It was nominated for the 2009 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award and won the Truman Readers Award of
Life_as_We_Knew_It_(novel)
2004 young adult novel by Michael Gerard Bauer
The Running Man is a 2004 young adult novel by Australian author Michael Gerard Bauer. It was the 2005 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers, and also
The_Running_Man_(Bauer_novel)
picture books require the reader to be acquainted with conventions around reading books and can be a fun challenge for older readers. Further, some wordless
Wordless_picture_book
Book by Hesba Fay Brinsmead
the Blue Crane is an Australian novel by Hesba Fay Brinsmead, published in 1964. The novel won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in
Pastures_of_the_Blue_Crane
THE OLD-READER
THE OLD-READER
Male
Norwegian
Norwegian form of Old Norse Oddr, ODD means "point of a weapon."
Surname or Lastname
Norwegian
Norwegian : variant spelling of Vold (see Voll).English : topographic name for someone who lived on any of the areas of open upland known from Middle English times onwards as wolds (e.g. the Yorkshire Wolds or the Cotswolds). This term derives from Old English wald ‘forest’ (see Wald). After the extensive clearance of forests in England, from before the Norman Conquest onward, the Old English term wald came to denote open uplands (wolds) in Middle English in certain areas of England.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old Norse hǫldr, within the Danelaw (the region of pre-conquest England where Danish rule and custom was dominant) a rank of feudal nobility immediately below that of earl.German : nickname from Middle High German holde ‘friend’ or ‘servant’, ‘vassal’.German (Höld) : variant of Held ‘hero’ (see Held 1), found chiefly in Bavaria.
Boy/Male
English
From the enclosure.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English bold ‘courageous’, ‘daring’ (Old English b(e)ald, cognate with Old High German bald). In some cases it may derive from an Old English personal name (see Bald).English : topographic name for someone who lived or worked at the main house in a settlement, from Old English bold, the usual West Midland and northwestern form of Old English bÅðl, bÅtl ‘dwelling house’, ‘hall’.English : habitational name for someone from Bold in Lancashire, which is named with Old English bold ‘dwelling’, as in 2 above.German : from the Germanic personal name Baldo, a short form of the various compound names with the element bald ‘bold’, notably Baldwin in the north, and Reinbold in the south.Swedish : probably of German origin.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Gold; Blond
Female
German
Pet form of German Kätharina, KÄTHE means "pure."
Male
English
Short form of English Oliver, probably OLI means "elf army."
Girl/Female
Greek American
Goddess; godly. Also as abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Old.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English old, not necessarily implying old age, but rather used to distinguish an older from a younger bearer of the same personal name.North German form of Alt, like the English name a distinguishing name for the older of two bearers of a personal name.Americanized form of German Alt.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from modern German Gold, Yiddish gold ‘gold’. In North America it is often a reduced form of one of the many compound ornamental names of which Gold is the first element.English and German : from Old English, Old High German gold ‘gold’, applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in gold, i.e. a refiner, jeweler, or gilder, or as a nickname for someone who either had many gold possessions or bright yellow hair.English : from an Old English personal name Golda (or the feminine Golde), which persisted into the Middle Ages as a personal name. The name was in part a byname from gold ‘gold’, and in part a short form of the various compound names with this first element.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name from Middle English thewe ‘thrall’, ‘slave’ (Old English þēow).
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Middle English word tye, TYE means "pasture."
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria) and Scottish
English (Northumbria) and Scottish : habitational name from East Ord in Northumberland, named with Old English ord ‘point’. Compare Ort 3.English : from a Germanic personal name (see Ort 2).Scottish : habitational name from various minor places named with Gaelic ord ‘hammer’, used as a topographical term for a rounded hill.
Female
Hawaiian
Hawaiian name OLA means "life; well-being."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : distinguishing name for the older of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English eld ‘old’ (from Old English eald).Swedish : ornamental name from Old Norse eldr ‘flame’, ‘fire’.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : topographic name for someone who lived by a common pasture, Middle English tye (Old English tēag).North German : from a short form, Tide, of the personal name Dietrich.
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Scandinavian Olaf, OLA means "heir of the ancestors."
Boy/Male
German
Old or wise.
THE OLD-READER
THE OLD-READER
Boy/Male
Norse
Victorious defender.
Boy/Male
Australian, German
Peace
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Lord Muruga
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Markos, MÃRKUS means "defense" or "of the sea."
Male
German
Variant spelling of German Claus, KLAUS means "victor of the people."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Place Near Makkah; One who Lives in Abtah
Girl/Female
Arabic
Bright; Bold
Girl/Female
Indian
Joyful, Cheerful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.
Girl/Female
Indian
THE OLD-READER
THE OLD-READER
THE OLD-READER
THE OLD-READER
THE OLD-READER
v. t.
To make old or ancient.
superl.
Not new or fresh; not recently made or produced; having existed for a long time; as, old wine; an old friendship.
v. i.
To age; to grow old.
n.
Old times; former days; antiquity.
superl.
Long cultivated; as, an old farm; old land, as opposed to new land, that is, to land lately cleared.
a.
Formed according to old or obsolete fashion or pattern; adhering to old customs or ideas; as, an old-fashioned dress, girl.
n.
The condition or characteristics of an old maid.
superl.
Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
a.
Pertaining to an old gentleman, or like one.
superl.
Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.
a.
Odd; strange; ugly; old; uncouth.
superl.
Worn out; weakened or exhausted by use; past usefulness; as, old shoes; old clothes.
superl.
Continued in life; advanced in the course of existence; having (a certain) length of existence; -- designating the age of a person or thing; as, an infant a few hours old; a cathedral centuries old.
superl.
Not young; advanced far 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.
superl.
Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.
a.
Like an old woman; anile.
superl.
Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice.
a.
Old.
a.
Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.
n.
Age; esp., old age.