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-- 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.

1 Tim. iv. 7.

(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.

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