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AS'TEISM, n. [Gr. beautiful, polite.] In rhetoric, genteel irony; a polite and i...
ASTEN'IC, a. asten'ic. [Gr. priv. and strength.] Weak; characterized by extreme ...
AS'TER, n. [Gr.] A genus of plants, with compound flowers, many of which are cul...
ASTE'RIAS, AS'TER, n. [Gr. a star.] Stella marina, sea-star, or star fish, a gen...
ASTE'RIATED, a. [Supra.] Radiated; presenting diverging rays, like a star; as as...
ASTE'RIATITE, n. Petrified asterias.
AS'TERISK, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.] The figure of a star thus, *, us...
AS'TERISM, n. [Gr. a little star, from a star.] 1. A constellation; a sign in th...
AS'TERITE, or star stone. [See Astrite .]
ASTERN', adv. [a or at, and stern. See Stern .] 1. In or at the hinder part of a...
AS'TEROID, n. [Gr. a star, and form.] A name given by Herschel to the newly disc...
ASTEROID'AL, a. Resembling a star; or pertaining to the asteroids.
AS'TEROPODE, ASTEROPO'DIUM, n. [Gr. a star, and a foot.] A kind of extraneous fo...
ASTERT', v.t. To startle. [Not in use.]
ASTHENOL'OGY, n. [Gr. priv., strength, and discourse.] The doctrine of diseases ...
ASTHMA, n. ast'ma. [Gr.] A shortness of breath; intermitting difficulty of breat...