Webster's Dictionary 1913

1594

Adown (2)

A‐down″, prep. Down.Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed.Prior.

1595

Adpress

Ad‐press″ (�), v. t. [L. adpressus, p. p. of adprimere.] See Appressed. — Ad‐pressed″, (�), a.

1596

Adrad

A‐drad″ (�), p. a. [P. p. of adread.] Put in dread; afraid. Chaucer.

1597

Adragant

Ad″ra‐gant (�), n. [F., a corruption of tragacanth.] Gum tragacanth. Brande & C.

1598

Adread

A‐dread″ (�), v. t. & i. [AS. andrædan, ondræ; pref. a- (for and against) + dræden to dread. See Dread.] To dread. Sir P. Sidney.

1599

Adreamed

A‐dreamed″ (�), p. p. Visited by a dream; — used in the phrase, To be adreamed, to dream.

1600

Adrenal

Ad‐re″nal (�), a. [Pref. ad- + renal.] (Anat.) Suprarenal.

1601

Adrenaline

Ad‐re″nal‐ine (?), n. Also Ad‐re″nal‐in (�). (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance, C9H13O3N, obtained from suprarenal extract, of which it is regarded as the active principl...

1602

Adrian

A″dri‐an (�), a. [L. Hadrianus.] Pertaining to the Adriatic Sea; as, Adrian billows.

1603

Adriatic

A′dri‐at″ic (�), a. [L. Adriaticus, Hadriaticus, fr. Adria or Hadria, a town of the Veneti.] Of or pertaining to a sea so named, the northwestern part of which is known as the G...

1604

Adrift

A‐drift″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- (for on) + drift.] Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig.So on the sea shall be set adrift.Dryd...

1605

Adrip

A‐drip″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- in + drip.] In a dripping state; as, leaves all adrip. D. G. Mitchell.

1606

Adrogate

Ad″ro‐gate (�), v. t. [See Arrogate.] (Rom. Law) To adopt (a person who is his own master).

1607

Adrogation

Ad′ro‐ga″tion (�), n. [L. adrogatio, arrogatio, fr. adrogare. See Arrogate.] (Rom. Law) A kind of adoption in ancient Rome. See Arrogation.

1608

Adroit

A‐droit″ (�), a. [F. adroit; à (L. ad) = droit straight, right, fr. L. directus, p. p. of dirigere. See Direct.] Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the ment...

1609

Adroitly

A‐droit″ly, adv. In an adroit manner.

1610

Adroitness

A‐droit″ness, n. The quality of being adroit; skill and readiness; dexterity.Adroitness was as requisite as courage.Motley.Syn. — See Skill.

1611

Adry

A‐dry″ (�), a. [Pref. a- (for on) + dry.] In a dry or thirsty condition. “A man that is adry.” Burton.

1612

Adscititious

Ad′sci‐ti″tious (�), a. [L. adscitus, p. p. of adsciscere, asciscere, to take knowingly; ad + sciscere to seek to know, approve, scire to know.] Supplemental; additional; advent...

1613

Adscript

Ad″script (�), a. [L. adscriptus, p. p. of adscribere to enroll. See Ascribe.] Held to service as attached to the soil; — said of feudal serfs.

1614

Adscript (2)

Ad″script (�), n. One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf. Bancroft.

1615

Adscriptive

Ad‐scrip″tive (�), a. [L. adscriptivus. See Adscript.] Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it. Brougham.

1616

Adsignification

Ad‐sig′ni‐fi‐ca″tion (�), n. Additional signification. Tooke.

1617

Adsignify

Ad‐sig″ni‐fy (�), v. t. [L. adsignificare to show.] To denote additionally. Tooke.

1618

Adstrict

Ad‐strict″ (�), v. t. — Ad‐stric″tion, (�) n. See Astrict, and Astriction.

1619

Adstrictory

Ad‐stric″to‐ry (�), a. See Astrictory.

1620

Adstringent

Ad‐strin″gent (�), a. See Astringent.