Webster's Dictionary 1913

6508

Aspirer

As‐pir″er (�), n. One who aspires.

6509

Aspirin

As″pi‐rin (?), n.(Pharm.) A white crystalline compound of acetyl and salicylic acid used as a drug for the salicylic acid liberated from it in the intestines.

6510

Aspiring

As‐pir″ing, a. That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. — As‐pir″ing‐ly, adv. — As‐pir″ing‐ness, n.

6511

Aspish

Asp″ish (�), a. Pertaining to, or like, an asp.

6512

Asportation

As′por‐ta″tion (�), n. [L. asportatio, fr. asportare to carry away; abs = ab + portare to bear, carry.] (Law) The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were depos...

6513

Asprawl

A‐sprawl″ (�), adv. & a. Sprawling.

6514

Asquat

A‐squat″ (�), adv. & a. Squatting.

6515

Asquint

A‐squint″ (�), adv. [Cf. Askant, Squint.] With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.

6516

Ass

Ass (�), n. [OE. asse, AS. assa; akin to Icel. asni, W. asen, asyn, L. asinus, dim. aselus, Gr. �; also to AS. esol, OHG. esil, G. esel, Goth. asilus, Dan. æsel, Lith. asilas, B...

6517

Assafœtida

As′sa‐fœt″i‐da (�), n. Same as Asafetida.

6518

Assagai

As″sa‐gai (�), As″se‐gai (�), n. [Pg. azagaia, Sp. azagaya, fr. a Berber word. Cf. Lancegay.] A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of lig...

6519

Assai

‖As‐sa″i (�). [It., fr. L. ad + satis enough. See Assets.] (Mus.) A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.

6520

Assail

As‐sail″ (ăs‐sāl″), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Assailed (–sāld″); p. pr. & vb. n.Assailing.] [OE. assailen, asailen, OF. asaillir, assailler, F. assaillir; a (L. ad) + saillir to burst ...

6521

Assailable

As‐sail″a‐ble (�), a. Capable of being assailed.

6522

Assailant

As‐sail″ant (�), a. [F. assaillant, p. pr. of assaillir.] Assailing; attacking. Milton.

6523

Assailant (2)

As‐sail″ant, n. [F. assaillant.] One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.An assailant of the church.Macaulay.

6524

Assailer

As‐sail″er (�), n. One who assails.

6525

Assailment

As‐sail″ment (�), n. The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.His most frequent assailment was the headache.Johnson.

6526

Assamar

As″sa‐mar (�), n. [L. assare to roast + amarus, bitter.] (Chem.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, sta...

6527

Assamese

As′sam‐ese″ (�), a. Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Assam.

6528

Assapan

‖As′sa‐pan″ (�), ‖As′sa‐pan″ic (�), n.(Zoöl.) The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).

6529

Assart

As‐sart″ (ăs‐särt″), n. [OF. essart the grubbing up of trees, fr. essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr. LL. exartum, exartare, for exsaritare; ...

6530

Assart (2)

As‐sart″, v. t. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees. Ashmole.

6531

Assassin

As‐sas″sin (�), n. [F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. ‘hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al-Jabal ...

6532

Assassin (2)

As‐sas″sin, v. t. To assassinate. Stillingfleet.

6533

Assassinate

As‐sas″sin‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Assassinated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Assassinating (�).] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; t...

6534

Assassinate (2)

As‐sas″sin‐ate (�), n. [F. assassinat.] 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.If I had made an assassinate upon your father.B. Jonson.2. An assassin. Dryden.