English English Dictionary

A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt.

Same as Asafetida.

Alt. of Assegai

A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.

To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.

To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.

Capable of being assailed.

Assailing; attacking.

One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.

of Assail

One who assails.

of Assail

The act or power of assailing; attack; assault.

The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.

Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.

A native or natives of Assam.

Alt. of Assapanic

The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).

A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.