AIDING
A'IDING, participle present tense Helping; assisting.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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AIDLESS
A'IDLESS, adjective Helpless; without aid; unsupported; undefended.
AIGLET
A'IGLET, noun1. A tag of a point curved into the representation of an animal, generally of a man; a small plate of metal.2. In botany, a pendant at the ends of the chives of flo...
AIGRET
A'IGRET, AIGRETTE, n.1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron.2. In botany. [See Egret.]
AIGRETTE
A'IGRET, AIGRETTEnoun1. In zoology, a name of the small white heron.2. In botany. [See Egret.]
AIGULET
A'IGULET, noun [Fr. Usually contracted into aiglet, which see.]
AIKRAW
A'IKRAW, noun A popular name of a species of lichen, or moss.
AIL
AIL, verb transitiveTo trouble; to affect with uneasiness, either of body or mind; used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man? I...
AILE
AISLE, or AILEnoun Pronounced Ile. [Latin ala.]
AILING
A'ILING, participle present tense Diseased; indisposed; full of complaints.
AILMENT
A'ILMENT, noun Disease; indisposition; morbid affection of the body; but the word is not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.
AIM
AIM, verb intransitiveTo point at, with a missive weapon; to direct the intention or purpose; to attempt to reach, or accomplish; to tend towards; to endeavor; followed by at be...
AIMED
A'IMED, participle passive Pointed; directed; intended to strike or affect.
AIMER
A'IMER, noun One that aims.
AIMING
A'IMING, participle present tense Pointing a weapon at an object; directing any thing to an object; intending; purposing.
AIMLESS
A'IMLESS, adjective Without aim.
AIR
AIR, noun [Latin aer; Heb. to shine. The radical sense is to open, expand; whence clear; or to flow, to shoot, to radiate.]1. The fluid which we breathe. air is inodorous, invis...
AIR-BALLOON
A'IR-BALLOON. [See Balloon.]
AIR-BLADDER
A'IR-BLADDER, noun A vesicle or cuticle filled with air; also, the bladder of a fish.
AIR-BORN
A'IR-BORN, adjective Born of the air.
AIR-BRAVING
A'IR-BRAVING, adjective Braving the winds.
AIR-BUILT
A'IR-BUILT, adjective Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle; air build hopes.
AIR-DRAWN
A'IR-DRAWN, adjective Drawn in air; imaginary.
AIR-GUN
A'IR-GUN, noun A pneumatic engine, resembling a musket, to discharge bullets by means of the elastic force of compressed air.
AIR-HOLDER
A'IR-HOLDER, noun [Air and hold.]An instrument for holding air, for the purpose of counteracting the pressure of a decreasing column of mercury.
AIR-HOLE
A'IR-HOLE, noun An opening to admit or discharge air.
AIR-JACKET
A'IR-JACKET, noun A leather jacket, to which are fastened bags or bladders filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.