{ } a. [ L. ab + axis axle. ] (Bot.) Away from the axis or central line; eccentric. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a colorless liquid compound (H2C:CH.CN); used as raw material for acrylic fibers, and as a solvent.
Syn. -- vinyl cyanide, cyanoethylene, 2-propenenitrile [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. aedilis, fr. aedes temple, public building. Cf. Edify. ] A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an ædile. T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. aeolipilae; Aeolus god of the winds + pila a ball, or Gr. &unr_; gate (i. e., doorway of Æolus); cf. F. éolipyle. ] An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [ Written also eolipile. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of Alexandria about 200 years b. c. It has often been called the first steam engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. afiler, F. affiler, to sharpen; a (L. ad) + fil thread, edge. ] To polish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. agile, L. agilis, fr. agere to move. See Agent. ] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shaking it with agile hand. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Active; alert; nimble; brisk; lively; quick. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an agile manner; nimbly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agility; nimbleness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of aile wing. ] 1. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Aëronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to control lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ailette, dim. of aile wing, L. ala. ] A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. alfiler pin. ] Same as Alfilaria. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. ambo both + laevus left. ] Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Rom. Antiq.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an admirer of England and things English.
Syn. -- anglophil [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anilis, fr. anus an old woman. ] Old-womanish; imbecile. “Anile ideas.” Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anility. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + epileptic. ] (Med.) Good against epilepsy. -- n. A medicine for epilepsy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antepileptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Med.) Febrifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + &unr_; to speak; part. pass. &unr_;. ] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aquatilis: cf. F. aquatile. ] Inhabiting the water. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains.
Syn. -- columbine, aquilegia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains.
Syn. -- columbine, aquilege [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Potter's clay. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, a. [ Cf. NL. arillatus, F. arillé. ] Having an aril. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assails. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. audire to hear. ] (Psychol.) One whose thoughts take the form of mental sounds or of internal discourse rather than of visual or motor images. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.
Syn. -- car, auto, machine, motorcar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. i. 1. to travel in an automobile.
Syn. -- motor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ OF. aviler, F. avilir; a (L. ad) + vil vile. See Vile. ] To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Want makes us know the price of what we avile. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Adj. a + while time, interval. ] For a while; for some time; for a short time. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. baillé, p. p. of bailler. See Bail to deliver. ] (Law) The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In penal statutes the word includes those who receive goods for another in good faith. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) See Bailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who bails or lades. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The same word as bail line of palisades; cf. LL. ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade, baillier to inclose, shut. ] 1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [ Eng. ] Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rocket-propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight, which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time; -- contrasted with guided missile. Ballistic missiles are sometimes referred to by their range, such as an
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or an
intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM). [ PJC ]

n. a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. bâtir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. “The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of beauty. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beguiled p. pr. & vb. n. Beguiling. ] 1. To delude by guile, artifice, or craft; to deceive or impose on, as by a false statement; to lure. [ 1913 Webster ]

The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Gen. iii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To elude, or evade by craft; to foil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to divert. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ballads . . . to beguile his incessant wayfaring. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To delude; deceive; cheat; insnare; mislead; amuse; divert; entertain. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. filled with wonder and delight.
Syn. -- captivated, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, beguiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Benzoin. ] (Chem.) A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather. ] 1. A great-grandfather. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bevel. ] (Her.) A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Her.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield. [ 1913 Webster ]