APage 3
- English Word A-tiptoe Definition On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.
- English Word Aam Definition A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36 1/2, at Hamburg 38 1/4.
- English Word Aard-vark Definition An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It burrows in the ground, and feeds entirely on ants, which it catches with its long, slimy tongue.
- English Word Aard-wolf Definition A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.
- English Word Aaron's rod Definition A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two.
- English Word Aaron's rod Definition A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod.
- English Word Aaronic Definition Alt. of Aaronical
- English Word Aaronical Definition Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.
- English Word Ab Definition The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.
- English Word Ab- Definition A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
- English Word Abaca Definition The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.
- English Word Abaci Definition of Abacus
- English Word Abacinate Definition To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
- English Word Abacination Definition The act of abacinating.
- English Word Abaciscus Definition One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
- English Word Abacist Definition One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
- English Word Aback Definition Toward the back or rear; backward.
- English Word Aback Definition Behind; in the rear.
- English Word Aback Definition Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
- English Word Aback Definition An abacus.