greybeard

Bowed and sighing the greybeard wends Alone to the mart where sighing ends.

A greybeard wagged over the bulwark, and a thick voice yelled something Harvey could not understand.

among sea-commanders, the old greybeards will oftenest leave their berths to visit the night-cloaked deck.

Even elderly matrons and greybeards with a foot in the grave screeched and shrilled their joy in the spectacle.

PRIEST Yea, Oedipus, my sovereign lord and king, Thou seest how both extremes of age besiege Thy palace altars--fledglings hardly winged, and greybeards bowed with years; priests, as am I of Zeus, and these the flower of our youth.

Kim cleared his throat and looked around at the village greybeards.

The UK's branch of the worldwide Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) has paid a special tribute to the late John Honeywell, who wrote this column for many years under the Captain Greybeard byline.

Old Greybeard may have been a divisive figure but English football needs men who speak their mind.

I ASKED my colleague Captain Greybeard and he recommended two: Gap Adventures (www.gapadventures.com) sail on the MS Expedition, maximum of 126 passengers - prices from pounds 4,749 for a 14-day voyage, airfares extra.

I doubt a legal greybeard the age of Bill Paterson would really have such a wild passion for his job that he in flames his duodenal ulcer at every turn.

THIS striking pottery jug was known as a greybeard when it first appeared in 17th-century Britain - but these days it's more likely to be called a bellarmine.