Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.

Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2..

Aspiring :: Aspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aspir.

Aspiring :: Aspiring (a.) That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind..

Assuring :: Assuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assur.

Assuring :: Assuring (a.) That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.

Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.

Astringe :: Astringe (v. t.) To bind by moral or legal obligation.

Astringed :: Astringed (imp. & p. p.) of Astring.

Astringency :: Astringency (n.) The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin..

Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit..

Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue..

Astringent :: Astringent (n.) A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc..

Astringently :: Astringently (adv.) In an astringent manner.

Astringer :: Astringer (n.) A falconer who keeps a goshawk.

Astringing :: Astringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Astring.

Atherine :: Atherine (n.) A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is used as food. The American species (Menidia notata) is called silversides and sand smelt. See Silversides..

Attempering :: Attempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attempe.

Attiring :: Attiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attir.

Auguring :: Auguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Augu.

Aurin :: Aurin (n.) A red coloring matter derived from phenol; -- called also, in commerce, yellow corallin..

Austrine :: Austrine (n.) Southern; southerly; austral.

Autopsorin :: Autopsorin (n.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.

Aventurine :: Aventurine (n.) A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass..

Aventurine :: Aventurine (n.) A variety of translucent quartz, spangled throughout with scales of yellow mica..

Averring :: Averring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ave.

Azurine :: Azurine (a.) Azure.

Azurine :: Azurine (n.) The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus); -- so called from its color.

Badgering :: Badgering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Badge.

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