AFFRAYMENT
AFFRA'YMENT, n.1. In law, the fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. A fighting in private is not, in a legal sense, an affray.2. In popula...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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AFFREIGHT
AFFREIGHT', verb transitive affra'te. [See Freight.]To hire a ship for the transportation of goods or freight.
AFFREIGHTED
AFFREIGHT'ED, participle passive Hired for transporting goods.
AFFREIGHTER
AFFREIGHT'ER, noun The person who hires or charters a ship or other vessel to convey goods.
AFFREIGHTMENT
AFFREIGHT'MENT, noun The act of hiring a ship for the transportation of goods.
AFFRET
AFFRET', noun A furious onset, or attack. [Not used.]
AFFRICTION
AFFRIC'TION, noun The act of rubbing. [Not used.] [See Friction.]
AFFRIENDED
AFFRIENDED, adjective affrend'ed. Made friends; reconciled. obsolete
AFFRIGHT
AFFRI'GHT, verb transitive affri'te. [See Fright.]To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to terrify or alarm. It expresses a stronger impression than fear or apprehend, and p...
AFFRIGHTED
AFFRI'GHTED, participle passive Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by at; as, affrighted at the cry of fire.
AFFRIGHTER
AFFRI'GHTER, noun One who frightens.
AFFRIGHTFUL
AFFRI'GHTFUL, adjective Terrifying; terrible; that may excite great fear; dreadful.
AFFRIGHTING
AFFRI'GHTING, participle present tense Impressing sudden fear; terrifying.
AFFRIGHTMENT
AFFRI'GHTMENT, noun Affright; terror; the state of being frightened. [Rarely used.] [In common discourse, the use of this word, in all its forms, is superseded by fright, fright...
AFFRONT
AFFRONT', verb transitive [Latin frons, front, face.]1. Literally, to meet or encounter face to face, in a good or bad sense; as,The seditious affronted the king's forces[The fo...
AFFRONTED
AFFRONT'ED, participle passive1. Opposed face to face; dared; defied; abused.2. In popular language, offended; slightly angry at ill treatment, by words or actions; displeased.
AFFRONTEE
AFFRONTEE', adjective In heraldry, front to front; an epithet given to animals that face each other.
AFFRONTER
AFFRONT'ER, noun One that affronts.
AFFRONTING
AFFRONT'ING, participle present tense Opposing face to face; defying; abusing; offering abuse, or any cause of displeasure.AFFRONT'ING, adjective Contumelious; abusive.
AFFRONTIVE
AFFRONT'IVE, adjective Giving offense; tending to offend; abusive.
AFFRONTIVENESS
AFFRONT'IVENESS, noun The quality that gives offense. [Little used.]
AFFUSE
AFFU'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin affundo, affusum, ad and fundo, to pour out. See Fuse.]To pour upon; to sprinkle, as with a liquid.
AFFUSED
AFFU'SED, participle passive Sprinkled with a liquid; sprinkled on; having a liquid poured upon.
AFFUSING
AFFU'SING, participle present tense Pouring upon, or sprinkling.
AFFUSION
AFFU'SION, noun affu'zhun. The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid substance, as water upon a diseased body, or upon a child in baptism.
AFFY
AFFY', verb transitive To betroth; to bind or join. [Not used.]AFFY', verb transitive To trust or confide in. [Not used.]
AFIELD
AFIE'LD, adverb [a and field.] To the field.