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over-aged, a.|ˌəʊvərˈeɪdʒɪd, -ˈeɪdʒd|
[over- 26, 28.]
1. a. Over a certain limit of age; too old. b. Out of date, antiquated.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour G viij, A quene of Cypre whiche was ouer aged so that she myght haue no children. c1489― Blanchardyn xxi. 69 How well he ys ouerraged, take no hede and care not therfore. 1623Lisle ælfric on O. & N. Test. Pref., It is far from a fault, to know these over-aged and outworne dialects, especially of our own tongue. 1668G. C. in H. More Div. Dial. Pref. (1713) 25 Laugh'd at..by an over-aged Sarah. 1884H. Gersoni tr. Turgenieff's Diary Superfluous Man 24 Mar. (N.Y.) 78 His wife was somewhat like an over-aged chicken.
2. Metallurgy. Subjected to over-ageing.
1953Jrnl. Inst. Metals LXXXII. 265/2 The normal-purity alloys gave ductile fractures when tested in the overaged condition. 1967A. H. Cottrell Introd. Metallurgy xxi. 405 After plastic working, the over-aged structure gives the stronger alloy. |