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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Air'ling, n. p. 32A thoughtless, gay person. [Obs. and rare.] “Slight airlings.” B. Jonson.Air'-ma-chîne', n. p. 32An apparatus for ventilating mines.Âir'-pipe, n. p. 32A pipe used to draw foul air from a ship's hold, mines, and other close places. Grier.Âir'-plănt, n. p. 32(Bot.) A plant which lives and grows for a considerable time without being rooted in earth, or in any other substance.Âir'-poise, n. p. 32An instrument to measure the weight of the air.Air'-pŭmp, n. p. 32A pump or machine, variously constructed, for exhausting the air from a closed vessel. 2. (Steam-engines.) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing…Air'-săc, n. p. 33A receptacle or vesicle of air in birds. Carpenter.Air'-shäft, n. p. 33A passage for air into a mine, usually opened in a perpendicular direction, and meeting the adits or horizontal passages, to cause a free circulation of fresh air through the mine.Air'-släcked, a. p. 33Slacked or pulverized by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.Air'-ther-mōm'e-ter, n. p. 33A form of thermometer in which air is employed in the place of mercury or spirits of wine, to mark changes of temperature. A useful form of it is seen in the Differential Thermometer, q. v.Air'-thread, n. p. 33A long filament often seen floating in the air; gossamer.Air'-tight, a. p. 33So tight as to be impermeable to air.Āir'-trap, n. p. 33A contrivance for the escape of foul air from drains, sewers, &c.Air'-vĕs'sel, n. p. 33A vessel, cell, or duct, and the like, containing or conducting air; as the air-vessels of insects, birds, plants, &c.; the air-vessel of a pump, engine, &c. For the latter, see AIR-CHAMBER.Air'-way, n. p. 33A tubular passage for air flowing in pipes; as, the air-way of an air-pump.Āir'y, a. p. 33Consisting of air; as, an airy substance. 2. Relating or belonging to air; high in air; as, an airy flight. “The airy region thrilling.” Milton. 3. Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air…Air'y, n. p. 33The nest of the hawk or eagle; an aery.Aisle (īl), n. p. 33(Arch.) (a.) The wing of a building. (b.) In Gothic cathedrals and churches, one of the lateral divisions of a building separated from the middle of the nave by two rows of piers. (c.) Any one of the…Aisled, a. p. 33Furnished with aisles. Byron.Āit, n. p. 33An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake, usually planted with osiers. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows. Dickens.Aitch'bōne, n. p. 33See EDGEBONE.Ā-i-zō'on, n. p. 33(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Ficoideæ, having entire fleshy leaves. London.A-jār', adv. p. 33Partly open, as a door.A-jū'ga, n. p. 33(Bot.) A genus of labiate handsome flowering plants; bugle. London.Ăj'ū-tāge, n. p. 33A tube, through which water is discharged; as the ajutage of a fountain. Appleton's Dict. Mech.Āke, n. & v. p. 33See ACHE.A-kĭm’bo, a. p. 33With a crook; with the hand on the hip, and the elbow turned outward. “With one arm akimbo.” Irving.A-kĭn', a. p. 33Related by blood; — used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. 2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper. The literary character of the work is…A-knee', adv. p. 33On the knee. “Aknee they fell before the prince.” Southey.Ak-nōw'en, p. p. p. 33An old form of acknown. See ACKNOW. Tyndale.Āl. p. 33In Arabic, an article or inseparable prefix, answering to the Italian il, and the Sp. el and la. Its use is to render nouns definite, like the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran, or the Book, by…Àl'a-bās'ter, n. p. 33(Min.) (a.) A compact variety of sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and semi-pellucid, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, &c.…Ăl'a-bā'stĕr-i-an, a. p. 33Pertaining to, or like, alabaster.Al'a-bä'strite, n. p. 33(Antiq.) A vase, box, or other vessel of alabaster, used by the Greeks and Romans for holding perfumes. Elmes.Ăl'a-băs'trum, n. p. 33(Bot.) A flower-bud. Gray.A-lăck′, interj. p. 33An exclamation expressive of sorrow. Shak.A-lăck'a-dāy, interj. p. 33An exclamation uttered to express sorrow. Baillie.A-lăc'ri-fy, v. t. p. 33To rouse to action; to excite; to inspirit.A-lăc'ri-oŭs, a. p. 33Having or showing alacrity; lively. “A little more alacrious.” Hammond.A-lăc'ri-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 33With alacrity; cheerfully.A-lăc'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 33Briskness. [Obs.] Hammond.A-lăc'ri-ty, n. p. 33A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; cheerfulness; gayety; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the enemy. “Alacrity to undertake the commission.” Macaulay.…A-lăd’in-īst, n. p. 33One of a sect of free-thinkers among the Mohammedans.Ă-la-mi're, n. p. 33The lowest tone but one in Guido Aretine's scale of music. Johnson.Al-a-mōde’, adv. & a. p. 33According to the fashion or prevailing mode. “Alamode beef-chops.” Macaulay.Al-a-mōde’, n. p. 33A thin, glossy, black silk for hoods, scarfs, &c.;—often called simply mode. Buchanan.À-la-môrt’, a. p. 33See AMORT.A-lānd', adv. p. 33At or on land. “He only with the prince, his cousin, were cast aland.” Sidney.A-lăn’tine, n. p. 33An amylaceous or starchy substance extracted from the root of the Angelica archangelica, inuline. Gregory.Ā'lar, a. p. 33Pertaining to, or having, wings. 2. (Bot.) Placed in the forks of a stem. Gray.Ă-lärm', n. p. 33A summons to arms. “Arming to answer in a night alarm.” Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger. “Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.” Joel ii. 1. 3. Sudden…A-lärm', v. t. p. 33To call to arms for defense; to rouse to vigilance and action. 2. To surprise with apprehension of danger; to disturb with terror; to fill with anxiety. “Alarmed by rumors of military preparation.”…A-lärm'-bĕll, n. p. 33A bell that gives notice of danger.A-lärm'-clöck, n. p. 33A clock which can be so set as to ring loudly at a particular hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention.A-lärm'-gauge, n. p. 33A contrivance in a steam-engine for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low.A-lärm'-gün, n. p. 33A gun fired to give an alarm.A-lärm'ing-ly, adv. p. 33With alarm; in a manner to excite apprehension.A-lärm'ist, n. p. 33One who intentionally excites alarm.A-lärm'-pöst, n. p. 33A place to which troops are to repair in cases of an alarm. Irving.A-lärm'-watch, n. p. 33A watch that can be so set as to strike rapidly at a particular hour, to awaken attention.