Definition of young

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Young (superl.) Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn..

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Moxa :: Moxa (n.) A soft woolly mass prepared from the young leaves of Artemisia Chinensis, and used as a cautery by burning it on the skin; hence, any substance used in a like manner, as cotton impregnated with niter, amadou..
Bassinet :: Bassinet (n.) A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle..
Sapling :: sapling (n.) A young tree.
Broach :: Broach (n.) A spitlike start, on the head of a young stag..
Perianth :: Perianth (n.) A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
Pupipara :: Pupipara (n. pl.) A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera..
Smolt :: Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color..
Junior :: "Junior (n.) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life..
Quean :: Quean (n.) A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl.
Wench :: Wench (n.) A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet..
Fry :: Fry (n.) The young of any fish.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.
Jashawk :: Jashawk (n.) A young hawk.
Psilopaedic :: Psilopaedic (a.) Having down upon the pterylae only; -- said of the young of certain birds.
Cockerel :: Cockerel (n.) A young cock.
Great :: Great (superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great-grandson, etc..
Vivipara :: Vivipara (n. pl.) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara.
Tuition :: Tuition (n.) Superintending care over a young person; the particular watch and care of a tutor or guardian over his pupil or ward; guardianship.
Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..
Calf :: Calf (n.) The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale..
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