Seg vs Olden - What's the difference?
seg | olden |
Segregation
* {{quote-news, 1988, July 15, Albert Williams, Prison Drama, Chicago Reader
, passage=
A metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear. Also known as a blakey.
(dialect) A callus, an area of hardened skin.
sedge
gladen, or other species of Iris
From or relating to a previous era.
* Cole Porter, Anything Goes
Old; ancient.
* 1857 , Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave (page 347)
As a noun seg
is (archaic) a man; warrior; hero or seg can be (uk|scotland|dialect) a castrated bull or seg can be segregation or seg can be a metal stud or plate fixed to the sole or heel of a shoe to prevent excessive wear also known as a blakey or seg can be sedge.As an adjective olden is
from or relating to a previous era.As a verb olden is
to grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.seg
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) segge, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Etymology 2
Probably from the root of (etyl) (lena) .Etymology 3
Short for (segregation).Noun
(en noun)citation
Etymology 4
Noun
(en noun)Etymology 5
See sedge.Noun
- (Prior)
Anagrams
* * ----olden
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(-)- In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking. Now heaven knows, anything goes.
- We told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.
