Webster's Dictionary 1828

4078

ASTHENOLOGY

ASTHENOL'OGY, noun [Gr. priv., strength, and discourse.]The doctrine of diseases arising from debility.

4079

ASTHMA

ASTHMA, noun ast'ma. [Gr.]A shortness of breath; intermitting difficulty of breathing, with cough, straitness and wheezing.

4080

ASTHMATIC

ASTHMAT'IC, adjective Pertaining to asthma; also affected by asthma; as an asthmatic patient.

4081

ASTIPULATE

ASTIPULATE for Stipulate. [Not in use.]

4082

ASTIPULATION

ASTIPULATION for Stipulation [Not in use.]

4083

ASTONE

ASTO'NE,ASTO'NED,ASTO'NIED, participle passive Astonished. obsolete

4084

ASTONED

ASTO'NED,

4085

ASTONIED

ASTO'NIED, pp. Astonished. Obs.

4086

ASTONISH

ASTON'ISH, verb transitive [Latin attono, to astonish; ad and tono. See Tone and Stun.]To stun or strike dumb with sudden fear, terror, surprise or wonder; to amaze; to confound...

4087

ASTONISHED

ASTON'ISHED, participle passive Amazed; confounded with fear, surprise, or admiration.

4088

ASTONISHING

ASTON'ISHING, participle present tense Amazing; confounding with wonder or fear.ASTON'ISHING, adjective Very wonderful; of a nature to excite great admiration, or amazement.

4089

ASTONISHINGLY

ASTON'ISHINGLY, adverb In a manner or degree to excite amazement.

4090

ASTONISHINGNESS

ASTON'ISHINGNESS, noun The quality of exciting astonishment.

4091

ASTONISHMENT

ASTON'ISHMENT, noun Amazement; confusion of mind from fear, surprise or admiration, at an extraordinary or unexpected event.

4092

ASTONY

ASTO'NY, verb transitive [See Astonish.] To terrify or astonish. obsolete

4093

ASTOUND

ASTOUND', verb transitive To astonish; to strike dumb with amazement.

4094

ASTRADDLE

ASTRAD'DLE, adverb [a and straddle. See Straddle.]With the legs across a thing, or on different sides; as, to sit astraddle

4095

ASTRAGAL

AS'TRAGAL, noun [Gr. a turning joint, vertebra, spondylus.]1. In architecture, a little round molding which surrounds the top or bottom of a column, in the form of a ring; repre...

4096

ASTRAL

AS'TRAL, adjective [Latin astrum; Gr. a star.]Belonging to the stars; starry.

4097

ASTRAY

ASTRA'Y, adverb [a and stray. See Stray.]Out of the right way or proper place, both in a literal and figurative sense. In morals and religion, it signifies wandering from the pa...

4098

ASTREA

ASTRE'A, noun [Gr. a star.]The goddess of justice. A name sometimes given to the sign virgo. The poets feign that justice quitted heaen, in the golden age, to reside on earth; b...

4099

ASTRICT

ASTRICT', verb intransitive [Latin astringo, astrictus. See Astringe.]To bind fast, or compress. [Not much used.]ASTRICT', adjective Compendious; contracted.

4100

ASTRICTED

ASTRICT'ED, participle passive Bound fast; compressed with bandages.

4101

ASTRICTING

ASTRICT'ING, participle present tense Binding close; compressing; contracting.

4102

ASTRICTION

ASTRIC'TION, noun1. The act of binding close, or compressing with ligatures.2. A contraction of parts by applications; the stopping of hemorrhages.

4103

ASTRICTIVE

ASTRICT'IVE, adjective Binding; compressing; styptic.

4104

ASTRICTORY

ASTRICT'ORY, adjective Astringent; binding; apt to bind.