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Iron Age
(Encyclopedia) Iron Age, period in the development of industry that begins with the general use of iron and continues into modern times. In Asia, Egypt, and Europe it was preceded by the Bronze Age.…old age
(Encyclopedia) old age: see geriatrics.Copper Age
(Encyclopedia) Copper Age: see Bronze Age.Gilded Age
(Encyclopedia) Gilded Age, a term used to describe a period in United States history—from roughly 1870 to 1900—when the wealthy elite consisted of…Golden Age
(Encyclopedia) Golden Age, in classical mythology: see mythology.Bronze Age
(Encyclopedia) Bronze Age, period in the development of technology when metals were first used regularly in the manufacture of tools and weapons. Pure copper and bronze, an alloy of copper and tin,…Stone Age
(Encyclopedia) Stone Age: see Paleolithic period; Mesolithic period; Neolithic period.age grade and age set
(Encyclopedia) age grade and age set, differentiation of social role based on age, commonly found in small-scale societies of North America and East Africa. Age sets are a type of sodality (…Brewer's: Age of Animals
An old Celtic rhyme, put into modern English, says: Thrice the age of a dog is that of a horse; Thrice the age of a horse is that of a man; Thrice the age of a man is that of a deer;…Brewer's: To Age as accords
To do what is fit and right (Scotch law term). Here “Age” is from the Latin agere, to do. “To set about the matter in a regular manner, or, as he termed it ... to “age as accords.”” —Sir…Trending
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