Webster's Dictionary 1913

7696

Awned

Awned (a̤nd), a.(Bot.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. Gray.

7697

Awning

Awn″ing (�), n. [Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or Pers. āwan, āwang, anything suspended, or LG. havening a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven.] 1. A roofli...

7698

Awninged

Awn″inged (�), a. Furnished with an awning.

7699

Awnless

Awn″less, a. Without awns or beard.

7700

Awny

Awn″y (�), a. Having awns; bearded.

7701

Awork

A‐work″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + work.] At work; in action. “Set awork.” Shak.

7702

Aworking

A‐work″ing, adv. [Pref. a- + working.] At work; in action. Spenser.

7703

Awreak

{ A‐wreak″, A‐wreke″, } (�), v. t. & i. To avenge. See Wreak.

7704

Awrong

A‐wrong″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- + wrong.] Wrongly. Ford.

7705

Awry

A‐wry″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.] 1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; as...

7706

Awsome

Aw″some (�), a. Same as Awesome.

7707

Ax

{ Ax, Axe, } (�), n. [OE. ax, axe, AS. eax, æx, acas; akin to D. akse, OS. accus, OHG. acchus, G. axt, Icel. öx, öxi, Sw. yxe, Dan. ökse, Goth. aqizi, Gr. �, L. ascia; not akin ...

7708

Ax (2)

Ax (�), v. t. & i. [OE. axien and asken. See Ask.] To ask; to inquire or inquire of.☞ This word is from Saxon, and is as old as the English language. Formerly it was in good use...

7709

Axal

Ax″al (�), a. [See Axial.]

7710

Axe (2)

{ Axe (�), Axe″man (�), etc.} See Ax, Axman.

7711

Axial

Ax″i‐al (�), a. 1. Of or pertaining to an axis; of the nature of, or resembling, an axis; around an axis.To take on an axial, and not an equatorial, direction.Nichol.2. (Anat.) ...

7712

Axially

Ax″i‐al‐ly (�), adv. In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.

7713

Axil

Ax″il (�), n. [L. axilla. Cf. Axle.] (Bot.) The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. ...

7714

Axile

Ax″ile (�), a. Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Gray.

7715

Axilla

‖Ax‐il″la (�), n.; pl.Axillae (�). (Anat.) The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.2. (Bot.) An axil.

7716

Axillar

Ax″il‐lar (�), a. Axillary.

7717

Axillaries

{ Ax″il‐la‐ries (�), Ax″il‐lars (�), } n. pl.(Zoöl.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.

7718

Axillary

Ax″il‐la‐ry (�), a. [See Axil.] 1. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.2. (Bot.) Situated in, or rising from, an axil; of or pert...

7719

Axinite

Ax″i‐nite (�), n.(Min.) A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.

7720

Axinomancy

Ax‐in″o‐man′cy (�), n. [L. axinomantia, Gr. � ax + -mancy.] A species of divination, by means of an ax or hatchet.

7721

Axiom

Ax″i‐om (�), n. [L. axioma, Gr. � that which is thought worthy, that which is assumed, a basis of demonstration, a principle, fr. � to think worthy, fr. � worthy, weighing as mu...

7722

Axiomatic

{ Ax′i‐o‐mat″ic (�), Ax′i‐o‐mat″ic‐al, } a. Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms. “Axiomatical truth.” Johnson.The ...