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[ See Exodus vii. 9 and Numbers xvii. 8 ] 1. (Arch.) A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Myth.) A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 death's-head moth.
Syn. -- genus Acherontia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Acheron; infernal; hence, dismal, gloomy; moribund. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Acronyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acronycal manner as rising at the setting of the sun, and vice versa. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'akro`nychos at nightfall; 'a`kros + ny`x night. ] (Astron.) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star; -- opposed to cosmical. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is sometimes incorrectly written acronical, achronychal, acronichal, and acronical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`nyktos; 'a`kros + ny`x, nykto`s, night. ] (Astron.) Acronycal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. aéronat. See Aëro-; Natation. ] A dirigible balloon. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ F. aéronaute, fr. Gr. &unr_; air + &unr_; sailor. See Nautical. ] An aërial navigator; a balloonist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. aéronauitique. ] Pertaining to aëronautics, or aërial sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aéronef. ] A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine. Now called airplane. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affronting. ] [ OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See Front. ] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he, as 't were by accident, may here
Affront Ophelia. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. [ 1913 Webster ]

How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter. ] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded
On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. [ 1913 Webster ]

Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Affront, Insult, Outrage. An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures. Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. affronté, p. p. ] (Her.) Face to face, or front to front; facing. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Shamelessly. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who receives an affront. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who affronts, or insults to the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an affronting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality that gives an affront or offense. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + front. ] In front; face to face. -- prep. In front of. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Cf. F. agronomique. ] Pertaining to agronomy, of the management of farms. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to agronomy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The science of the distribution and management of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; rural; as a noun, an overseer of the public lands; &unr_; field + &unr_; usage, &unr_; to deal out, manage: cf. F. agronomie. ] The management of land; rural economy; agriculture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of aile wing. ] 1. A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Aëronautics) A small plane or surface capable of being manipulated by the pilot of a flying machine to control lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Aleurone. ] Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour. ] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (“protein granules”) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the nature of aleurone. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. almendra almond. ] The lofty Brazil-nut tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw> a. Characterized by, or involving, anachronism; anachronistic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anachronismo`s, fr. 'anachroni`zein to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; 'ana` + chro`nos time: cf. F. anachronisme. ] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] To refer to, or put into, a wrong time. [ R. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing an anachronism; anachronistic. -- An*ach"ro*nous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F. anatron, natron, Sp. anatron, natron, fr. Ar. al-natrūn. See Natron, Niter. ] [ Obs. ] 1. Native carbonate of soda; natron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Glass gall or sandiver. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Saltpeter. Coxe. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. anderne, aunderne, aundyre, OF. andier, F. landier, fr. LL. andena, andela, anderia, of unknown origin. The Eng. was prob. confused with brand-iron, AS. brand-īsen. ] A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side; a firedog; as, a pair of andirons. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. andron, Gr. 'andrw`n, fr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man. ] (Gr. & Rom. Arch.) The apartment appropriated for the males. This was in the lower part of the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deviating from the proper order of time. -- An`ti*chron"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_; time. ] Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism. [ R. ] Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The antiparticle of a neutron. It has the same mass as a neutron, but a spin and magnetic moment opposite that of the neutron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; from + &unr_; star. ] (Astron.) That point in the orbit of a double star where the smaller star is farthest from its primary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. napron, OF. naperon, F. napperon, dim. of OF. nape, F. nappe, cloth, tablecloth, LL. napa, fr. L. mappa, napkin, table napkin. See Map. ] 1. An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or as a covering. It is commonly tied at the waist by strings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as, (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. (b) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot. “The weather being too hot for the apron.” Hughes. (c) (Gun.) A leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. (d) (Shipbuilding) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel. Totten. (e) A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut. (f) A flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent. (g) (Mech.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer. (h) (Plumbing) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing. (i) (Zool.) The infolded abdomen of a crab. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing an apron. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]