n. [ OE. asse, AS. assa; akin to Icel. asni, W. asen, asyn, L. asinus, dim. aselus, Gr. &unr_;; also to AS. esol, OHG. esil, G. esel, Goth. asilus, Dan. æsel, Lith. asilas, Bohem. osel, Pol. osiel. The word is prob. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. ath&unr_;n she ass. Cf. Ease. ]
Asses' Bridge. [ L. pons asinorum. ]
To make an ass of one's self,
n. Same as Asafetida. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ It., fr. L. ad + satis enough. See Assets. ] (Mus.) A direction equivalent to very;
v. t.
No rude noise mine ears assailing. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
No storm can now assail
The charm he wears within. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The papal authority . . . assailed. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being assailed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. assaillant, p. pr. of assaillir. ] Assailing; attacking. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. assaillant. ] One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer. [ 1913 Webster ]
An assailant of the church. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who assails. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. assare to roast + amarus, bitter. ] (Chem.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]