Part 247

<cs><col>Archeological ages</col> <cd>are designated as three: The Stone <i>age<i> (the early and the later stone age, called <i>paleolithic<i> and <i>neolithic<i>), the Bronze <i>age<i>, and the Iron <i>age<i>. During the Age of Stone man is supposed to have employed stone for weapons and implements.</cd></cs>

<see>See <er>Augustan</er>, <er>Brazen</er>, <er>Golden</er>, <er>Heroic</er>, <er>Middle</er>.</see>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A great period in the history of the Earth.</def>

<note>The <it>geologic ages</it> are as follows: 1. The Arch\'91an, including the time when was no life and the time of the earliest and simplest forms of life. 2. The <ex>age</ex> of Invertebrates, or the Silurian, when the life on the globe consisted distinctively of invertebrates. 3. The <ex>age</ex> of Fishes, or the Devonian, when fishes were the dominant race. 4. The <ex>age</ex> of Coal Plants, or Acrogens, or the Carboniferous <ex>age</ex>. 5. The Mesozoic or Secondary <ex>age</ex>, or <ex>age</ex> of Reptiles, when reptiles prevailed in great numbers and of vast size. 6. The Tertiary <ex>age</ex>, or <ex>age</ex> of Mammals, when the mammalia, or quadrupeds, abounded, and were the dominant race. 7. The Quaternary <ex>age</ex>, or <ex>age</ex> of Man, or the modern era.</note>

<i>Dana.</i>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>A century; the period of one hundred years.</def>

<blockquote>Fleury . . . apologizes for these five <b>ages</b>. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.</def> "<i>Ages</i> yet unborn."

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>The way which the <b>age</b> follows. <i>J. H. Newman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage, Holds its warped mirror to a gaping <b>age</b>. <i>C. Sprague.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>A long time.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "He made minutes an <i>age</i>."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<cs><col>Age of a tide</col>, <cd>the time from the origin of a tide in the South Pacific Ocean to its arrival at a given place.</cd> -- <col>Moon's age</col>, <cd>the time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Age</i> is used to form the first part of many compounds; as, <i>age</i>lasting, <i>age</i>-adorning, <i>age</i>-worn, <i>age</i>-enfeebled, <i>age</i>long.</note>

<syn>Syn. -- Time; period; generation; date; era; epoch.</syn>

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<hw>Age</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Aged</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Aging</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; <as>as, he grew fat as he <ex>aged</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>They live one hundred and thirty years, and never <b>age</b> for all that. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I am <b>aging</b>; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Age</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; <as>as, grief <ex>ages</ex> us</as>.</def>

<h1>Aged</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A"ged</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; <as>as, an <ex>aged</ex> man; an <ex>aged</ex> oak.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Belonging to old age.</def> "<i>Aged</i> cramps."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>(#) Having a certain age; at the age of; having lived; <as>as, a man <ex>aged</ex> forty years</as>.</def>

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