ASTRIFEROUS
ASTRIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin astrifer; astrum, a star, and fero, to bear.]Bearing or containing stars. [Little used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ASTRIGEROUS
ASTRIG'EROUS,a. [Low Latin astriger.] Bearing stars. [Not used.]
ASTRINGE
ASTRINGE, verb transitive astrinj'. [Latin astringo, of ad and stringo, to bind fast, to strain. See Strain.]To compress; to bind together; to contract by pressing the parts tog...
ASTRINGED
ASTRING'ED, participle passive Compressed; straitened; contracted.
ASTRINGENCY
ASTRING'ENCY, noun The power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines which binds, contracts or strengthens parts which are relaxed; as the astringency of...
ASTRINGENT
ASTRING'ENT, adjective Binding; contracting; strengthening; opposed to laxative.ASTRING'ENT, noun a medicine which binds or contracts the parts of the body to which it is applie...
ASTRINGER
ASTRING'ER, noun A falconer that keeps a goss hawk.
ASTRINGING
ASTRING'ING, participle present tense Compressing; binding fast; contracting.
ASTRITE
AS'TRITE, noun [Gr. a star.]An extraneous fossil, called also asteria and astroit. Astrites are stones in the form of small, short, angular, or sulcated columns, about an inch a...
ASTRO-THEOLOGY
ASTRO-THEOL'OGY, noun [Latin astrum, a star, and theologia, divinity.]Theology founded on the observation of the celestial bodies.
ASTROGRAPHY
ASTROG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. a star, and to describe.]A description of the stars, or the science of describing them.
ASTROIT
AS'TROIT, noun1. Star-stone. [See Astrite.]2. A species of petrified madrepore often found in calcarious stones.
ASTROLABE
AS'TROLABE, noun [Gr. a star, and to take.]1. An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the sun or stars at sea.2. A stereographic projection of the sphere, either ...
ASTROLOGER
ASTROL'OGER,ASTROLO'GIAN, noun [Latin astrologus, of a star, and discourse.]1. One who professes to foretell future events by the aspects and situation of the stars. Astrologian...
ASTROLOGIAN
ASTROLO'GIAN, n. [L. astrologus, of a star, and discourse.]1. One who professes to foretell future events by the aspects and situation of the stars. Astrologian is little used.2...
ASTROLOGIC
ASTROLOG'IC,ASTROLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.
ASTROLOGICAL
ASTROLOG'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.
ASTROLOGICALLY
ASTROLOG'ICALLY, adverb In the manner of astrology.
ASTROLOGIZE
ASTROL'OGIZE, verb intransitive To practice astrology.
ASTROLOGY
ASTROL'OGY, noun [Supra.] A science which teaches to judge of the effects and influences of the stars, and to foretell future events, by their situation and different aspects. T...
ASTRONOMER
ASTRON'OMER, noun One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their va...
ASTRONOMIC
ASTRONOM'IC,ASTRONOM'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to astronomy.
ASTRONOMICAL
ASTRONOM'ICAL, a. Pertaining to astronomy.
ASTRONOMICALLY
ASTRONOM'ICALLY, adverb in an astronomical manner; by the principles of astronomy.
ASTRONOMIZE
ASTRON'OMIZE', verb intransitive To study astronomy. [Little used.]
ASTRONOMY
ASTRON'OMY, noun [Gr. a star, and a law or rule.]The science which teaches the knowledge of the celestial bodies, their magnitudes, motions, distances, periods of revolution, as...
ASTROSCOPE
AS'TROSCOPE, noun [Gr. a star, and to view.]An astronomical instrument, composed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations, with their stars, are delineated, by means of...