a.
For he so young and tender was of age. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
“Whom the gods love, die young, ” has been too long carelessly said; . . . whom the gods love, live young forever. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [ 1913 Webster ]
While the fears of the people were young. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ The egg ] bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed
Their callow young. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
With young,
adj.
adj. (Biology) Being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation, usually male. In contradistinction to
n. One who is younger; an inferior in age; a junior. “The elder shall serve the younger.” Rom. ix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Somewhat young. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. geongling. ] A young person; a youth; also, any animal in its early life. “More dear . . . than younglings to their dam.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
He will not be so willing, I think, to join with you as with us younglings. Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Young; youthful. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
a. [ AS. geonglic. ] Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]