English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ayme
(n.)
The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay,
interj.
Ayond
(prep. & adv.)
Beyond.
Ayont
(prep. & adv.)
Beyond.
Ayrie
(n.)
Alt. of Ayry
Ayrshire
(n.)
One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire,
Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their
milk.
Ayry
(n.)
See Aerie.
Ayuntamiento
(n.)
In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body
of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and
aldermen.
Azalea
(n.)
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China
or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct
from Rhododendron.
Azaleas
(pl. )
of Azalea
Azarole
(n.)
The Neapolitan medlar (Crataegus azarolus), a shrub of
southern Europe; also, its fruit.
Azedarach
(n.)
A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the
southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China,
and Bead tree.
Azedarach
(n.)
The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a
cathartic and emetic.
Azimuth
(n.)
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
Azimuth
(n.)
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of
the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any
object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line
surveying.
Azimuthal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
A combining form of azote
Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously
combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom
nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene,
azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See
Diazo-.
Azobenzene
(n.)
A substance (C6H5.N2.C6H5) derived from nitrobenzene,
forming orange red crystals which are easily fusible.
Azoic
(a.)
Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of
animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when
there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.