English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ashler
(n.)
Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or
hewn stone.
Ashler
(n.)
In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared
and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick.
Ashlering
(n.)
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
Ashlering
(n.)
The short upright pieces between the floor beams and
rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
Ashlering
(n.)
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a
case to the body of the wall.
Ashore
(adv.)
On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to
the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes
opposed to aboard or afloat.
Ashtaroth
(pl. )
of Ashtoreth
Ashtoreth
(n.)
The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as
Baal was the principal male divinity.
Ashweed
(n.)
Goutweed.
Ashy
(a.)
Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed
with, ashes.
Ashy
(a.)
Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
Asian
(n.)
An Asiatic.
Asian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.
Asiarch
(n.)
One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of
Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious
rites.
Asiatic
(n.)
A native, or one of the people, of Asia.
Asiatic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.
Asiaticism
(n.)
Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
Aside
(adv.)
On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or
direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.
Aside
(n.)
Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer
which the other players are not supposed to hear.
Aside
(adv.)
Out of one's thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy
thoughts.