ASTROSCOPY
AS'TROSCOPY, noun [See Astroscope.] Observation of the stars.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ASTRUT
ASTRUT', adverb [See Strut.] In a strutting manner.
ASTUTE
ASTU'TE, adjective [Latin astutus, from astus, craft, subtilty.]Shrewd; sharp; eagle-eyed; critically examining or discerning.
ASUNDER
ASUND'ER, adverb [See sunder.]Apart; into parts; separately; in a divided state.The Lord hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. Psalms 129:4.
ASWOON
ASWOON', adverb In a swoon. obsolete
ASYLUM
ASY'LUM, noun [Latin from Gr. safe from spoil, and spoil, to plunder.]1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge, where criminals and debtors shelter themselves from justice, and from w...
ASYMMETRAL
ASYM'METRAL,ASYMMET'RICAL, adjective [See Symmetry.]Not having symmetry. [Little used.]
ASYMMETRICAL
ASYMMET'RICAL, a. [See Symmetry.]Not having symmetry. [Little used.]
ASYMMETRY
ASYM'METRY, noun [Gr. priv. symmetry, of with, and to measure.]The want of proportion between the parts of a thing. It is also used in mathematics for incommensurability, when b...
ASYMPTOTE
AS'YMPTOTE, noun [Gr. priv. with, and to fall; not meeting or coinciding.]A line which approaches nearer and nearer to some curve, but though infinitely extended, would never me...
ASYMPTOTICAL
ASYMPTOT'ICAL, adjective Belonging to an asymptote. asymptotical lines or curves are such as continually approach, when extended, but never meet.
ASYNDETON
ASYN'DETON, noun [Gr. priv. and to bind together.]In grammar, a figure which omits the connective; as, veni, vidi, vici. It stands opposed to polysymdeton, which is a multiplica...
AT
AT, preposition [Latin ad. at ad and to, if not radically the same word often coincide in signification; Heb to come, to a approach. Hence it primarily denotes presence, meeting...
ATABAL
AT'ABAL, noun A kettle drum; a kind of tabor.
ATACAMITE
ATAC'AMITE, noun A muriate of copper
ATAGAS
AT'AGAS, noun The red cock or moor-game.
ATAMASCO
ATAMAS'CO, noun A species of lily of the genus Amaryllis.
ATARAXY
AT'ARAXY, noun [Gr. of a priv. and tumult.]Calmness of mind; a term used by the stoics and skeptics to denote a freedom from the emotions which proceed from vanity and self-conc...
ATAXY
ATAX'Y, noun [Gr. priv. and order.]Want of order; disturbance; irregularity in the functions of the body, or in the crises and paroxysms of disease.
ATCHE
ATCHE, noun In Turkey, a small silver coin, value about six or seven mills.
ATE
ATE, The preterite of eat, which see.ATE, noun a'ty. [Gr. mischief; to hurt. ate is a personification of evil, mischief or malice.]In pagan mythology, the goddess of mischief, w...
ATELLAN
ATEL'LAN, adjective Relating to the dramas at Atella in Italy.ATEL'LAN, noun A dramatic representation, satirical or licentious.
ATEMPOGIUSTO
ATEMP'OGIUSTO, [Latin in tempore, justo.]A direction in music, which signifies to sing or play in an equal, true or just time.
ATHANASIAN
ATHANA'SIAN, adjective Pertaining to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, in the fourth century. The athanasian creed is a formulary, confession or exposition of faith, supposed fo...
ATHANOR
ATH'ANOR, noun [Heb. thanor, an oven or furnace.]A digesting furnace, formerly used in chimical operations, so constructed as to maintain a uniform and durable heat. It is a fur...
ATHEISM
A'THEISM, noun The disbelief of the existence of a God, or Supreme intelligent Being.Atheism is a ferocious system that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us, to ...
ATHEIST
A'THEIST, noun [Gr. of a priv. and God.]One who disbelieves the existence of a God, or Supreme intelligent Being.A'THEIST, adjective Atheistical; disbelieving or denying the bei...