imp. & p. p. of Aby. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ p. p. Adight. ] [ Pref. a- (intensive) + OE. dihten. See Dight. ] To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + yacht. ] A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ Pref. ad- + freight: cf. F. affréter. See Freight. ] To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. affrétement. ] The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Affrighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affrighting. ] [ Orig. p. p.; OE. afright, AS. āfyrhtan to terrify; ā- (cf. Goth. us-, Ger. er-, orig. meaning out) + fyrhto fright. See Fright. ] To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dreams affright our souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A drear and dying sound
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt; intimidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Affrighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Sudden and great fear; terror. It expresses a stronger impression than fear, or apprehension, perhaps less than terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

He looks behind him with affright, and forward with despair. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With fright. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To frighten. [ Archaic ] “Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frightens. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

n. Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Premeditation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. an action taken after another action and related to the first action, which would normally or optimally be done along with the first action; -- as, to do something as an afterthought. [ PJC ]

3. a feature or part added to a device, not thought of in its original design. [ PJC ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + height. ] Aloft; on high. [ Obs. ] “Look up aheight.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. So tight as to be impermeable to air or other gases; as, an air-tight cylinder; -- said of containers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. of such close construction as to have little leakage of air in or out; -- said of structures [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. so thoroughly convincing as to be insusceptible to doubt; having no apparent counterarguments; -- of arguments or assertions an airtight alibi an airtight argument
Syn. -- airtight, uncontradictable, undeniable. [ PJC ]

n. A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pot companion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Alighted ometimes Alit p. pr. & vb. n. Alighting. ] [ OE. alihten, fr. AS. ālīhtan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + līhtan, to alight, orig. to render light, to remove a burden from, fr. līht, leoht, light. See Light, v. i. ] 1. To spring down, get down, or descend, as from on horseback or from a carriage; to dismount. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop; as, a flying bird alights on a tree; snow alights on a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come or chance (upon). [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + light. ] Lighted; lighted up; in a flame. “The lamps were alight.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Light, fuel, or food for the whole night. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj. 1. satisfactory; better than average; as, everything is all right.
Syn. -- all-right(predicate), ok, o.k., okay. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. 1. satisfactory; better than average. an all-right movie
Syn. -- all right(predicate), ok, o.k., okay [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. All-powerful; almighty. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With almighty power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Omnipotence; infinite or boundless power; unlimited might. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. ealmihtig, ælmihtig; eal (OE. al) all + mihtig mighty. ] 1. Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful; irresistible. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am the Almighty God. Gen. xvii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great; extreme; terrible. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Almighty, the omnipotent God. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Naut.) The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor. International rules of the road require vessels at anchor to carry from sunset to sunrise a single white light forward if under 150 feet in length, and if longer, two such lights, one near the stern and one forward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } adv. [ OE. on niht. ] In the night time; at night. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Does he hawk anights still? Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Antichthones [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_; the earth. ] 1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Destructive to, or hindering the growth of, diphtheria bacilli. -- n. An antidiphtheritic agent. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption. -- n. A medicine for phthisis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sing. of Aphthæ. ] (Med.) (a) One of the whitish specks called aphthæ. (b) The disease, also called thrush. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (mostly in pl. &unr_;, Hipp.) an eruption, thrush, fr. &unr_; to set on fire, inflame. ] (Med.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aphtha + -oid. ] Of the nature of aphthæ; resembling thrush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; silent; 'a priv. + &unr_; voice, sound, fr. &unr_; to sound. ] A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. -- Aph*thon"gal a. [1913 Webster]

pos>a. [ Cf. F. aphtheux. ] Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Apothegm. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. 'apo`fqegma thing uttered, apothegm, from 'apofqe`ggesqai to speak out; 'apo` from + fqe`ggesqai to speak. ] A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim. [ Apothegm is now the prevalent spelling in the United States. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Apothegmatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + traitor. ] A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + treasurer. ] A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) The light of an arc lamp. See arc lamp under lamp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + right. ] Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The past tense of an old v. areach or arreach. Cf. Reach, obs. pret. raught. ] Obtained; seized. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ashtaroth The principal female divinity of the Phœnicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. &unr_;ht, fr. āgan to own, p. p. āhte. ] Property; possession. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]