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1. yō̆ng n.(2)

15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A going, walking; a journey; also, a course [quot. c1275, last]; yong hethen, death; five (twenti) daies yong, five (twenty) days’ journey; also, in adv. construction: fele daies yong, for many…

2. fō̆rth-gā̆ng n.

Additional spellings: forthgang
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A passing through or over; (b) progress, continuance; haven forth-gang, to occur, come about.

3. yǒng man phr. & n.

36 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A man who is young, young man; an adolescent;—often contrasted with olde man; also in proverbs and prov. expressions (b) a man, usu. young, serving as an attendant upon a person of higher rank;…

4. yǒng adj.

196 quotations in 8 senses
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Of a person: (a) at an immature stage of development; in the period of childhood, youth, or adolescence; also, fig. innocent; also, in the early period of adulthood; yong man, q.v.; yong of (in) age

5. yǒng n.(1)

78 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) A person in the early stage of childhood, youth, adolescence, or adulthood, a young person; the yong waxen, one who is in adolescence (b) Coll. those who are in the early stage of childhood,…