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(559).-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mèt ;-pine, pin ;

from birds; protection, favour shown; influence; good derived to others from the piety of their patron. AUSPICIAL, &w-spish'âl. a. (292). Relating to prognosticks. AUSPICIOUS, àw-spish'ús. a. (292). With omens of success; prosperous, fortunate; favourable, kind, propitious; lucky, happy, applied to things. AUSPICIOUSLY, aw-spish'ûs-lè.

ad.

Happily, prosperous y. AUSPICIOUSNESS, àw-spish'us-nès. s. Prosperity, happiness. AUSTERE, àw-stère'. a. Severe, harsh, rigid; sour of taste, harsh. AUSTERELY, ȧw-stère'lè. ad. Severely, rigidly.

Austereness, àw-stère'nès. s. Severity, strictness, rigour; roughness in taste.

AUSTERITY, ȧw-ster'è-tè. s. (511). Severity, mortified life, strictness; cruelty, harsh discipline.

AUSTRAL, àws'trål. a. Southern. AUSTRINE, àws'trin. a. (140).

Southern.

AUTHENTICAL, àw-thên'tè-kál. a. Au-I
thentick. (509).
AUTHENTICALLY,

aw-then'té-kál-lé.

nês. s. The quality of being authentick, genuineness.

TO AUTHENTICATE, àw-then'tè-kåte. v. a. To establish any thing by authority. (91).

I have inserted this word without any precedent from our other Dictionaries; but it is, in my opinion, sufficiently established by good usage to give it a place in all of them. AUTHENTICITY, àw-then-tis'sè-tè. s. Authority, genuineness. AUTHENTICK, àw-then'tik. a. That which has every thing requisite to give it authority.

AUTHENTICKLY, àw-then'tik-lè. ad.
After an authentick manner.
AUTHENTICKNESS, àw-thên'tik-nès. s.
Authenticity.
AUTHOR, àw'thur.

s. (98) (418). The first beginner or mover of any thing, the efficient; he that effects or produces any thing; the first writer of any thing; a writer in general. AUTHORESS, ȧw'thůr-ês. s. A female

Having due authority; having an air of authority.

AUTHORITATIVELY,ȧw-thôr'è-tà-tiv-lė. ad. In an authoritative manner, with a show of authority; with due authority. AUTHORITATIVENESS, aw-thor'è-tatîv-nês. s. Authoritative appearance. AUTHORITY, ȧw-thôr'è-tè. s. Legal power; influence, credit; power, rule; support, countenance; testimony, credibility.

This word is sometimes pronounced as if written autority. This affected pronunciation is traced to a gentleman who was one of the greatest ornaments of the law as well as one of the politest scholars of the age, and whose authority has been sufficient to sway the bench and the bar, though author, authentic, theatre, theory, &c. and a thousand similar words where the th is heard, are constantly staring them in the face. The public ear, however, is not so far vitiated as to acknowledge this innovation; for though it may with security, and even approbation, be pronounced in Westminster Hall, it would not be quite so safe for an actor to adopt it on the stage. know it will be said, that autoritas is better Latin, that the purer Latin never had the h; and that our word, which is derived from it, ought, on that account, to omit it. But it may be observed, that,according to the best Latin critics, the word ought to be written auctoritas,and that,accordingto this reasoning, we ought to write and pronounce auctorily and auctor: but this, I presume, is farther than these innovators would choose to go. The truth is, such singularities of pronunciation should be left to the lower order of critics; who, like coxcombs in dress, would be utterly unnoticed if they were not distinguished by petty deviations from the rest of the world.

AUTHORIZATION, aw-thỏ-rẻ-zàshin.s.

Establishment by authority.
TO AUTHORIZE, àw'tho-rize.

v. a.

To give authority to any person; to make any thing legal; to establish any thing by authority; to justify, to prove a thing to be right; to give credit to any person or thing. AUTOCRASY, àw-tôk'râ-sè. s. (518). Independent power.

AUTOCRATRICE, àw-tôk'rå-tris. s. A female absolute sovereign. Mason.

AUTOGRAPH, àw'to-grâf. s. A particular person's own writing, the original. AUTOGRAPHICAL, àw-to-grâf'è-kâl. a. Of one's own writing. AUTOMATICAL, àw-to-mắt'è-kâl. Having the power of moving itself.

AUTOMATON, ằw-tôm ả-tôn.s. A ma

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tub, båll ;-bil ;-pound;-thin, THIS

chine that hath the power of motion with-
in itself.

AUTOMATOUS, aw-tôm’ä-tus. a. Hay-
ing in itself the power of motion.
AUTONOMY, dw-tôn’no-mè. S. (518).
The living according to one's own mind
and prescription. Not in use.
AUTOPSY, àw'tôp-se. s.

monstration.

Ocular de

AUTOPTICAL, ȧw-tôp'tè-kâl. a. Per-
ceived by one's own eyes.
AUTOPTICALLY, àw-tôp'tè-kál-lé. ad.
By means of one's own eyes.

AUTUMN, ȧw'tům. s. (411). The

season of the year between summer and winter.

Autumnal, aw-tům'nál. a. Belong-
ing to autumn.

AVULSION, á-vůľshůn. s. The act of
pulling one thing from another.
AUXESIS, Awg-zè'sis. s. (478) (520).
Amplification.

AUXILIAR, ȧwg-zil'yâr. (478).
AUXILIARY, awg-zilya-rẻ.

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s.and a. Helper,assistant; helping,assisting. AUXILIATION,

Help, aid.

àwg-zil-é-à'shûn.

To AWAIT, a-wåte'. v. a. To expect,
to wait for; to attend; to be in store for.
AWAIT, å-wåte'. s. Ambush.
To AWAKE, a-wȧke'. v. a. To rouse
out of sleep; to raise from any state re-
sembling sleep; to put into new action.
To AWAKE, a-wake'. v. n. To break
from sleep, to cease to sleep.

AWAKE, a-wake'. a. Without sleep,

not sleeping.

To AWAKEN, a-wà'kn. (103).

AWAKE.

See

To AWARD, a-wård'. v. a. To ad-
judge; to give any thing by a judicial sen-
tence; to judge, to determine.
AWARD, a-ward'. s. Judgment, sen-

which strikes with awe, or fills with reve rence; worshipful, invested with dignity; struck with awe, timorous. AWFULLY, àw'fùl-lè. ad. In a reveThe

rential manner.

AWFULNESS,

åw'fül-nés. S.

quality of striking with awe; solemnity; the state of being struck with awe. AWHILE, a-hwile'. ad. (397). Some

AWORK, a-wůrk'. ad. (165). On
work, in a state of labour.
AWORKING, a-wûrk'ing. ad. In the
state of working.
AWRY, 4-r'. ad. (474). Not in a

straight direction, obliquely; asquint, with
oblique vision; not level, unevenly; not
equally between two points; not in a right
state, perversely.

AXE, aks. s. An instrument consisting
of a metal head, with a sharp edge.
AXILLAR, âks'zil-lâr. (478).
AXILLARY, åks'zil-lå-ré.

Belonging to the armpit.-See MAXIL

LARY.

AXIOM, åk'shům. s. (479). A propo-
sition evident at first sight.

Axis, âk'sis. s. The line, real or
imaginary, that passes through any thing,
on which it may revolve.
AXLE, âk'sl. (405).
AXLE-TREE, åk'sl-trée.

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The pin which passes through the midst of the wheel, on which the circumvolutions of the wheel are performed. Ay, åè. ad. (105). Yes.

See Directions to Foreigners prefixed to this Dictionary, page xxi.

(559).-Fåte, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

AYE, ȧè. ad. Always, to eternity, for

ever.

AYGREEN, aè'green. s. The same with houseleek,

AYRY, à'rè. a. See AIRY.
AZIMUTH, âz'è-můth. s. The azi-

muth of the sun, or of a star, is an arch between the meridian of the place and any

given vertical line; magnetical azimuth, is the arch of the horizon contained between the sun's azimuth circle and the magnetical meridian; azimuth compass, is an instrument used at sea for finding the sun's magnetical azimuth.

AZURE,

à'zhůre. a.

Blue, faint blue.

(484) (461).

AA, bâ. s. (77). The cry of a BACHELORSHIP, bâtsh'é-lûr-ship.s. The

sheep.

To BAA, bå. v. n. sheep.

To cry like a

TO BABBLE, bab′bl. v. n. (405). To prattie like a child; to talk idly; to tell secrets; to talk much.

condition of a bachelor.

BACK, båk. s. The hinder part of the body; the outer part of the hand when it is shut; the rear; the place behind; the part of any thing out of sight; the thick part of any tool, opposed to the edge.

BABBLE, báb'bl. s. Idle talk, senseless BACK, båk. ad. To the place whence

one came; backward from the present station; behind, not coming forward; toward things past; again, in return; again, a second time.

To BACK, bâk. v. a. To mount a horse;

to break a horse; to place upon the back; to maintain, to strengthen; to justify, to support; to second.

TO BACKBITE, bâk'bite. v. a. To censure or reproach the absent. BACKBITER, bâk'bi-tûr. s. A privy calumniator; censurer of the absent. BACKDOOR, båk'dòre. s. The door behind the house.

BACKED, bakt. a. (359). Having a

back.

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tåb, båll ;-ỏil ;-pound ;-thin, THIS. BAFFLER, bâf'flår. s. (98). He that

see principles under the number marked. Dr. Ash, Entick, Scott, and Perry, are on the side of Mr. Sheridau; and Dr. Johnson and W. Johnston only on that which I have chosen ; but Mr. Sheridan and Dr. Ash, by marking the noun backslider with the accent on the second syllable, as it is always beard, have betrayed their pronunciation of the verb; for one of these modes must be wrong, as the verbal noun must unquestionably have the same accent as the verb. BACKSLIDER, bák-sli'dûr. s. (98). An apostate.

BACKSTAFF, bak'stâf. s. An instrument useful in taking the sun's altitude at sea.

BACKSTAIRS, bak'starz. s. The private

stairs in the house.

BACKSTAYS, bak'staze. s. Ropes which keep the mast from pitching forward. BACKSWORD, bâk'sòrd. s,

with one sharp edge.

baffles.

BAG, bag. s. A sack, or pouch; that part of animals in which some particular juices are contained, as the poisons of vipers; an ornamental purse of silk tied to men's hair; a term used to signify quanti ties, as a bag of pepper.

To BAG, bag. v. a. To put into a

bag; to load with a bag.

TO BAG, bag. v. n. To swell like a full

bag.

BAGATELLE, bág-á-têl'. s. A trifle.
Not English.

BAGGAGE, båg'gidje. s. (90). The

urniture of an army; a worthless woman.
BAGNIO, ban'yo. s. (388). A house
for bathing and sweating.
A musical in-
strument, consisting of a leathern bag, and
BAGPIPER, båg'pi-pår s. (98). One
pipes.

BAGPIPE, båg pipe. s.
A sword

BACKWARDS, bak'wurdz. ad. (88).

With the back forwards; towards the back;

on the back; from the present station to the place behind; regressively; towards something past;out of the progressive state; from a better to a worse state; past, in time past.

BACKWARD, bâk'wård. a. Unwilling,

averse; hesitating; sluggish, dilatory; dull, not quick, or apprehensive. BACKWARD, bâk'wurd. ad. The things

past.

BACKWARDLY, bâk'wård-le. ad. Unwillingly, aversely.

BACKWARDNESS, bâk'wård-nês. s. Dulness, sluggishness.

BACON, ba'kn. s. (170). The flesh of a hog salted and dried.

BAD, båd. a. Il, not good; vicious,

corrupt; unfortunate; unhappy; hurtful; unwholesome; sick.

BADE, båd. (75). The preterite of

Bid.

BAIL, bale. s. Bail is the freeing or set-
that plays on a bagpipe.
ting at liberty one arrested or imprisoned
upon action either civil or criminal, under
To BAIL, bale. v. a.
security taken for his appearance.

To give bail for another; to admit to bail.

BAILABLE, bål'lâ-bl. a. (405).

That

may be set at liberty by bail. BAILIFF, ba'iif. s. A subordinate offi

cer, an officer whose business it is to execute arrests; an under-steward of a manor. BAILIWICK, ba'le-wik. s. The place of the jurisdiction of a bailiff. TO BAIT, båte. v. a. tempt animals.

To BAIT, båte. v. a.

on.

To BAIT, båte. v. n.

To put meat to

To set dogs up

To stop at any

place for refreshment; to clap the wings, to flutter.

BAIT, båte. s.

Meat set to allure animals to a snare; a temptation, an enticement; a refreshment on a journey. BAIZE, báze. s. A kind of coarse open

cloth.

To BAKE, båke. v. a.

To heat any thing in a close place; to dress in an oven; to harden in the fire; to harden with heat. To BAKE, bake. v. n. To do the work of baking.

BAKEHOUSE, bake’hỏùse. s.

BAKER, ba'kůr. s. (98).

for baking bread.

trade is to bake.

A place

He whose

(559).-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

BALANCE, bal'lânse. s. A pair of
scales; the act of comparing two things;
the overplus of weight; that which is want-
ing to make two parts of an account even;
equipoise; the beating part of a watch:
in astronomy, one of the signs, Libra.
TO BALANCE, bál'lânse. v. a. To weigh
in a balance; to counterpoise; to regulate
an account; to pay that which is wanting.
TO BALANCE, bâl'lânse. v. n. To hesi-
tate, to fluctuate.

BALANCER, bal'lân-sûr. s. The
that weighs.

person BALASS RUBY, bâl'âs-rů'bè. s. A kind of Ruby.

BALCONY, bál-ko'nê. s. A frame of wood, or stone, before the window of a

full of mischief.

One whose employment is to sing ballads in the streets.

BALLAST, bâl'lâst. s. (88). Something put at the bottom of the ship to keep it steady.

BALLETTE, bâllêt. s. A dance. BALLOON, bâl-lôôn'. s. A large round short-necked vessel used in chemistry; a ball placed on a pillar; a ball of pasteboard, stuffed with combustible matter, which is shot up into the air, and then bursts; a large hollow ball of silk filled with gas, which makes it rise into the air.

BALLOT, bal'låt. s. (166). A little ball or ticket used in giving votes; the act of voting by ballot.

TO BALLOT, bâl'lût. v. n. To choose by ballot.

BALLOTATION, bâl-lo-tà'shún. s. The

act of voting by ballot.
BALM, bâm. s. (403). The sap or juice
of a shrub, remarkably odoriferous; any
valuable or fragrant ointment; any thing
that sooths or mitigates pain.

BALM, bầm. S. The name of a plant.
BALM OF GILEAD, båm of gilyåd. s.

The juice drawn from the balsam tree; a plant having a strong balsamick scent. BALMY, bâm'è. a. (403). Having the qualities of balm; producing balm; soothing, soft; fragrant, odoriferous; mitigating, assuasive.

BALNEARY, bal'nè-â-rè. s. A bathing

room.

BALNEATION, bål-nè-d'shûn. s. The act

of bathing.

BALEFULLY, bale'fùl-lè. ad. Sorrow-BALNEATORY, bál′nè-â-tůr rẻ. a.

fully, mischievously.

BALK, bawk. s. (402) (84). A great

beam.

BALK, bawk. s. A ridge of land left

unploughed.

BALK, bawk. s. Disappointment when least expected.

TO BALK, bawk. v. a. (402). To dis-
appoint, to frustrate; to miss any thing.
BALKERS, baw'kůrz. s. (98). Men
who give a sign which way the shoal of
herrings is.

BALL, bawl. s. (33) (77). Any thing
made in a round form; a round thing to
play with; a globe; a globe borne as an
ensign of sovereignty; any part of the
body that approaches to roundness.
BALL, bawl. s. An entertainment of
dancing.

BALLAD, bâi'iad. s.
A song.
BALLAD-SINGER, bâl'lâd-sing-ür. s.

BALSAM, bawl'sum. s. (88). Ointment, longing to a bath. (512) (557).

unguent.

BALSAM APPLE, bawl'sům-ap pl. s.
An Indian plant.

BALSAMICAL, bâl-sâmè-hải. (84).
bâl-sâm'ik. (509).

BALSAMICK,

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a. Unctuous, mitigating. BALUSTRADE, bål-ûs-tråde'. s. Rows of little pillars called balusters.

This word is often corrupted into banisters, as the banisters of a staircase.

Balustrade means the row of small pillars supporting the guard of a staircase, taken collectively; as a collonnade means a collection of columns in regular order; but, besides this collective term, there is the distributive Balusters; meaning either the whole of the balustrade, or any part of it; as each of the small pillars that compose it may be called a baluster.

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