ATHENIAN-ATLANTIC. ATLANTIDES-ATOMIC. it up; on this account they were termed ATLANTIDES, at-lan'te-des, s. (from Atlas.) In Attesteri or immortal by the Greeks. IVONIAN, a-the'ne-an, s. A native of Athens ;— & belonging to Athens. Inmors, a'the-us, a. (atheos, Gr.) Atheistic; god Day Father, who is holy, wise, and pure, suffers the ite or atteous priest to tread his sacred courts.— Icros, a-the-ris'e-ros, s. (ather, a point or va, and keras, a horn, Gr.) In Entomology, a division of the diptera or two-winged insects, acterized by having two jointed antenna, and fie last juint terminated by a bristle. ARINA, a-the-ri'na, s. A genus of acanthoptions fishes, intermediate between the cods mi mullets, Gobiodes et Mugiloides. ATTUROMA, a-the-ro'ma, s. (Greek.) A soft uninfamed tumour, commonly on the finger points. AMIROMATOUS, a-the-rom'a-tus, a. Of the nature dan atheroma. AEROPOGON, a-the-ro-po'gon, s. (ather, an awn, and pogon, a beard, Gr.) A genus of grasses with bonded swas. ALBOSPERMA, a-the-ro-sper'ma, s. (ather, and par, a seed, Gr.) A genus of Australian plan, the flowers of which are furnished with athers like those of the laurel, and placed in a -shaped involucrum. It is allied to the Urticea Nettle family. ATHEEGECS, a-ther'a-rus, s. (ather, a point, and a tail, Gr.) The name given by Cuvier to Epatrix fasiculata or pencil-tailed Porcupine, the kung prehensile tail of which is terminated by a bundle of flattened horny slips. ATEST, a-thirst', ad. Thirsty; in want of drink. ATHLETE, athlet-e, s. pl. (athletes, from athlos, labour, Gr.) The name given to persons of great gth or agility who distinguished themselves by contending for the prizes at the Olympie, Pyfan and other games of Greece and Rome. The actors were held in high honour, and no foreigner was allowed the honour of sharing in the contests. ATHLETE, athlete, s. A contender for victory. Having opposed to him a vigorous athlet.Adam Smith. ATHLETIC, ati-let’ik, a. Pertaining to wrestling; The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart ATILT, a-tilt', ad. In the manner of a tilter; with the action of a man making a thrust at an antast; in the posture of a barrel raised or tilted behind, so as to make it run out. Speak; if not, this stand Of regal blood shall be abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of honour.-Beau. & Flet. ATLANTEAN, at-lan-te'an, a. Resembling Atlas, who is said to bear the world on his shoulders. With adantean shoulders fit to bear Sage he stood, The weight of mightiest monarchies.-Milton. ATLASTIC, at-lanʼtik, 8. (atlanticus, Lat.) Relating to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa en the one hand, and America on the other. Architecture, the figures of men supporting an entablature instead of columns, called also Carytides.-Which see. In Astronomy, the Pleiades or seven stars, so named from the seven daughters of Atlas, who, on account of their connection with the gods and the most illustrious heroes, and their great intelligence, are said to have been changed after their death into a constellation. ATLAS, at'las, s. A large collection of maps, so termed, probably, from such a collection having the picture of Atlas supporting the world on his shoulders on the title-page; a large square folio paper, such as maps are usually delineated upon; a kind of rich satin cloth for ladies' apparel, (atlas, satin, Ger.) I have the conveniency of buying Dutch allasses with gold and silver or without.-Spectator. In Mythology, one of the Titans, the son of Japetus and Clymene, and father of the Hesperides or Atlantides. He was the king of Mauritania, where he had a beautiful garden. Perseus, on his return from the conquest of the Gorgons, is fabled to have passed the palace of Atlas, and to have received violent treatment, and the refusal of hospitable entertainment, whereupon he showed him the head of Medusa, which had the effect of instantly converting him into a mountain. In Anatomy, the uppermost joint of the neck, so called from its supporting the cranium, as Atlas is represented supporting the world. ATMOSPHERE, at'mos-fere, s. (atmos, vapour, and its exhalations, which surrounds the globe; in sphaira, a sphere, Gr.) The sphere of air, with height from 40 to 50 miles, and having a pressure of about 15 lbs. Avoirdupois on the square inch; and as all other gaseous substances are capable of being much condensed, a condensation so as to produce a pressure of 15.30 or 45 pounds, as said to be that of one, two, or three atmospheres. -See Air. ATMOSPHERIC, at-mos-fer'ik, La. Relating ATMOSPHERICAL, at-mos-fer'e-kal, to the atmosphere. A ATMOSPHERIC TIDES, at-mos-fer'ik tidez, s. certain change which takes place in the pressure of the atmosphere, owing to the influence of the solar or lunar attraction, or these combined,-of this description are the equinoctial winds. ATOM, at'tum, s. (a, not, temno, I cut, Gr.) The smallest particle of which we can conceive any material substance composed; anything extremely small. ATMOMETER, at-mom'e-tur, s. (atmos, vapour, and metron, a measure, Gr.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of vapour evaporated from a humid surface or body. ATOMICAL, a-tom'e-kal, a. Consisting of; or relating to atoms. ATOMISM, at'tum-izm, ATOMOLOGY, a-tom-ol'o-je, ATOMIST, at'to-mist, s. One who believes in the ancient doctrine that the universe is an aggregation of atoms fortuitously brought together during the past eternity. 7 8. The doctrine of atoms. ATOMIC THEORY, a-tom'ik the'o-re, s. The doctrine that all bodies are composed of ultimate atoms, differing in weight in different bodies. ATOMIC WEIGHTS, a-tom'ik wates', s. Numbers intended to show the relative weights of the atoms 127 ATOMLIKE-ATRIP. of different substances: hydrogen being generally assumed as 1: the atomic weight of oxygen is 8: water is a compound of 1 atom of hydrogen, and 1 of oxygen; its atomic weight is therefore 1 x 89. ATOMLIKE, at'tom-like, a. Resembling atoms. They all would vanish, and not dare appeare, ATOMY, at'o-me, s. An atom.-Obsolete. You starved blood-hound!-Thou atomy, thou! -Shaks. All his senses seem'd bereft a'tone. ATONEMENT, a-tone'ment, s. The act of making peace by offering an equivalent, or such an oblation to the offended party, as to secure forgiveness. When one is said to atone for his past faults by good behaviour, it does not signify that he has given an equivalent to society for his past offences, but that he has so acted as to secure to himself the forgiveness and respect of society. The sufferings of Christ are considered by Trinitarians as an equivalent offered to the offended justice of the Deity for the sins of a portion, or the whole of mankind; the Unitarians, on the other hand, deny that the atonement offered signifies any more than an acceptable oblation offered to God by the exhibition of godlike virtue on the part of the Redeemner. ATONER, a-to'nur, s. One who makes reconciliation. ATONIC, a-ton'ik, s. (a, without, and tonic.) That which has a tendency to relax the system. ATONY, at'ton-e, s. (atonia, Gr.) Debility of body; relaxation of the system. ATOP, a-top', ad. On the top; at the top. ATRABILARIAN, at-tra-be-la're-an, a. (atra, dark, ATRABILARIOUS, at-tra-be-la're-us, and bilis, bile, Lat.) Melancholy disposition. ATRABILARIOUSNESS, at-tra-be-la're-us-nes, s. The state of melancholy induced by a disordered state of the bile. at-tra-men'tal, a. (atramentum, ATROCIOUSNESS, a-tro'shus-nes, s. The quality < being enormously criminal. ATROCITY, at-tros'se-te, s. Excess of wickedness ATROPA, at tro - pa, s. (atropos, one of the Fates Gr.) A genus of poisonous plants, containing th deadly nightshade, and other poisonous species Order, Solaner. ATROPHY, at tro-fe, s. Want of nourishment wasting away of the flesh. ATROPIA, a-tro'pe-a, s. (from atropa..) A poison ous alkaline substance obtained from the Atrop: belladonna or deadly nightshade. ATTA, at'ta, s. (atta, a father, Gr.) A genus o ants, distinguished from the formica or true ants by their very minute palpi, and by the large size of the heads of the neuters. The Atta cephalotes, or visiting ant of South America, is the type of the genus. These ants find their way in troops into houses, and destroy cockroaches, spiders, and even mice and rats. ATTACHMENT, at-tatsh'ment, s. (French) Adherence; fidelity; attention; regard. In Law, a process awarded by a court, for the taking of a person or his goods into custody. Foreign attachment, is the attachment of a foreigner's goods to satisfy his creditors; the jurisdiction of the forest, by the forest-laws. A forest hath her court of attachments, swainmote court, where matters are as pleadable and determinable as at Westminster Hall.-Lowell's Letters. ATTACK, at-tack', v. a. (attaquer, Fr.) To assault an enemy; opposed to defence; to impugn in any manner, us with satire; confutation; calumny; as, the declaimer attacked the reputation of his adversaries;-s. an assault upon an enemy. ATTACKER, at-tak ́ur, s. The person who makes an attack. ATRAMENTOLs, at tumentus, atky; ATTACUS, at 'tak-us, 8. (Latin.) A genus of large black. ATRAMENTARIOUS, at-tra-men-ta're-us, a. Suitable for making ink. ATRAPHAXIS, at-tra-faks 'is, s. (a, without, and traphein, to nourish, Gr.) A genus of plants of the natural order Polygoneæ, so named from the want of a nutritive quality. ATRED, at'red, a. (ater, Lat.) Tinged with a black colour. It cannot express any other humour than yellowcholer, or atred, or a mixture of both.-Whitaker's Blood of the Grape. ATRIP, a-trip', a. A sea term. The anchor is said to be anchor atrip when it is drawn out of the ground in a perpendicular direction; the topsails are atrip when they are hoisted up to the masthead. and beautiful nocturnal moths, some of which form cocoons, from which silk is manufactured in India. ATTAGEN, at'ta-jen, s. A name given to a species of pheasant found in Sicily. ATTAGENUS, at-ta-je nus, s. (attagen, Lat.) A genus of coleopterous insects. ATTAIN, at-tain', r. a. (atteindre, Fr.) To gain; to procure; to obtain; to overtake; to come to; to enter upon; to reach; to equal;-v. n. to come to a certain state; to arrive at ;-s. the thing attained; attainment.-Obsolete in this sense. Crowns and diadems, the most splendid terrene attains, are akin to that which to-day is in the field, and tomorrow is cut down.--Granville's Scepsis. ATTAINABLE, at-tane'a-bl, a. That which may be attained; procurable. ATTAINABLENESS—ATTEMPERANCE. ATTAINABLENESS, at-tane'a-bl-nes, s. The quality é being attainable. ATTAINDER, st-tane'dur, s. (old French.) In Law, the stain or corruption of the blood of a criminal, who has been convicted of felony or treason, and ndemned to death; taint; stain; disgrace. AFTAINMENT, at-tane'ment, s. An acquisition or activement obtained by study or experience; a KALY ANY, at-taynt', e. a. (ad, to, and tingo, tinctus, Lat tandre, seint, Fr.) To stain; to adjudge and declares person daly convicted of a crime, and pally of treason or felony; contaminated, and blood defiled; to disgrace; to cloud with miny; to taint; to corrupt. My tender youth was never yet attaint th any passion of inflaming love.-Shaks. la Law, a man is attainted two ways-by appearme or by process. Attainder by appearance, is by confession, battle, or verdict. Confession is ale: one at the bar before the judges, when the prisoner, upon his indictment being read, is sed whether he is guilty or not guilty, and anwas in the affirmative. The other is before the outer or sanctuary, where he, upon his confes 1 , was, in former times, constrained to abjure therealm, which was termed attainder by abjuration Attainder by battle, was when the party pealed, and choosing to try the truth by comrather than by jury, was vanquished. Attainder by verdict, is when the prisoner, after underging trial, is pronounced guilty. Attainder by , is when a party flees, and is not found, five times called publicly in the country, and at last outlawed upon his default ;-part. a. con ATTEMPERATE-ATTEST. ATTEMPERATE, at-tem'pe-rate, v. a. (attempero, Hope must be proportioned and attemperate to the promise; if it exceed that temper and proportion, it becomes a tumour and tympany of hope.-Hammond. ATTEMPERLY, at-tem'pur-le, ad. In a temperate manner.-Obsolete. Governeth you also of your diete Attemperly, and namely in this hete.-Chaucor. ATTEMPT, at-temt', v. a. (attenter, Fr.) To try; to essay;-v. n. to make an attack;--s. an attack; an effort; an endeavour; an essay. ATTEMPTABLE, at-temt'ta-bl, a. Liable to attempts or attacks. ATTEMPTER, at-temt'tur, s. One who attempts or attacks; an endeavourer. ATTEND, at-tend', v. a. (attendo, Lat.) To accompany as an attendant; to be present when summoned; to regard; to fix the mind upon; to wait on;-v. n. to yield attention; to stay; to delay; to wait; to be within reach or call. ATTENDANCE, at-ten'dans, s. (French.) The act of waiting on another, or of serving; the persons waiting; a train; regard; attention. ATTENDANT, at-ten'dant, a. (French.) Accompanying as subordinate or consequential;- s. one that attends; one that waits the pleasure of another, as a suitor or agent; that which is united with another, as a concomitant or consequent; one who is present at anything. In Law, one that owes a duty or service to another, or depends on another. ATTENDER, at-ten'dur, s. Companion; associate. ATTENT, at-tent', a. (attentus, Lat.) Intent; attentive; heedful. ;-. stain; spot; taint; anything injuri-ATTENTATES, at-ten'tayts, s. (attentata, Lat.) Proceedings in a court of law after an inhibition has been decreed. as less, weariness.-Obsolete in the latter Nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour Attit, a writ to inquire whether a jury of twelve The act of ATTENTION, at-ten'shun, s. (French.) ATTENTIVELY, at-ten'tiv-le, ad. Heedfully; care- ATTENTIVENESS, at-ten'tiv-nes, s. Heedfulness; attention. given, and of two, at least, of the jurors who gave ATTENUANT, at-ten'u-ant, a. (attenuans, Lat.) In Horsemanship, a blow or wound upon the hinder part of a horse. ATTAINTMENT, at-taynt'ment, s. The state of being attainted. APTAITURE, at-tane'ture, s. Legal imputation of a crime; reproach. AFTAMINATE, at-tam'e-nate, v. a. (attamino, Lat.) ATTAR OF ROSES, at'tar ov ro'zes, &. A highly ATTELEBUS, at-tel'e-bus, s. (Latin.) A genus of dopterous insects, with straight antennæ, consisting of eleven joints, the three last forming a perforated club. A. coryli lives on the hazel, is black, with red reticulated elytra: Family, Rhyn chophora. ATTEFER, at-tem'pur, v. a. (attempero, Lat.) To mile; to soften; to regulate; to mix in just proportions. ATTEMPERANCE, at-tem'per-ans, s. (attemprance, aid Fr.) The old word for temperance. kepe i bym from too much drink.-Instit, of a Christ. Man, By virtue, attemperance, the creature reasonable Endued with the power of making thin or slender; applied to medicines which are supposed to make the blood thinner. ATTENUATE, at-ten'u-ate, v. a. To make thin or slender; to lessen; to diminish;-a. made thin ATTENUATED, at-ten'n-at-ed, a. part. In Botany, or slender; tapering gradually to a point. diminishing in bulk from one extremity to another. Applied more particularly to leaves which become very thin, diminishing from their base to the apex, or from their apex to the base. ATTENUATION, at-ten-u-a'shun, s. (French.) The act of making anything thin or slender; lessening; the state of being made thin or less. ATTER, at'tur, s. (ater, venom, Sax.) Corrupt ATTESTATION-ATTURN. voke as conscious;-s. witness; testimony; attestation. ATTESTATION, at-tes-ta'shun, s. (attestatio, Lat.) Testimony; witness; evidence. ATTESTER, at-tes' tur, s. One who attests or ATTESTOR, bears testimony. ATTIC, at'tik, a. (attikos, Greek.) Belonging to Athens; s. a native of Attica. In Literature, pure; classical; elegant. In Architecture, a story erected over a principal order, to finish the upper part of the building; never with columns, but frequently with antæ or small pilasters. The term, attic order, is used by some authors to denote these pilasters-improperly, however, as they want the parts essentially necessary to constitute an order-such as the capital, base, entablature, &c. Attic base, the base of a column, consisting of an upper and lower torus, a scotia and fillets between them. The term, attic story, is frequently applied to the upper story of a house when the ceiling is square with the sides, to distinguish it from garrets;-in common language, the word, attic, is also used for a garret. ATTICAL, at'te-kal, a. (attikos, Athenian Gr.) Re- atticism. ATTICISM, at'te-sizm, s. An example or an imitation of the Attic style; an elegant or concise manner of expression. They made sport, and I laughed; they mispronounced, and I misliked; and to make up the atticism, they were out, and I hissed.-Milton. ATTIGUOUS, at-tig'u-us, a. (attiguus, Lat.) Hard by. ATTINGE, at-tinj', v. a. (attingo, Lat.) To touch lightly or softly.-Obsolete. ATTIRE, at-tire', v. a. (attirer, Fr.) To dress; to habit; to array;-s. clothes, dress, habit; the head-dress. In Hunting, the horns of a stag. ATTIRED, at-ti'rd, a. In Heraldry, applied when the horns of a buck or stag are spoken of. ATTIRER, at-ti'rur, s. One who attires. ATTIRING, at-ti'ring, s. in general. A lady's head-dress; dress This small wind, which so sweet is, Each tree, in his best attiring; Sense of love to love inspiring!-Sidney. ATTITLE, at-ti'tl, v. a. (attitulare, low Lat.) To entitle; to name.-Obsolete. This Aries, out of the twelve, Hath March attitled for hymselfe.—Gower. ATTITUDE, at'te-tude, s. (French.) Posture; gesture; action. In the Fine Arts, the posture or gesture given to a figure by the sculptor or painter. ATTITUDINAL, at -te-tu ́de-nal, a. Pertaining to attitude. ATTOLLENS, at-tol'lens, s. (attollens, lifting up, Lat.) In Anatomy, a name given to those muscles of the eye, ear, &c., which serve to draw up these organs -attollens aurem, attollens auricule and attollens auriculum, a muscle of the external ear-the use of which is to draw the ear upwards, and to make the parts into which it is inserted, tense. Attollens oculi, the muscle of the eye. ATTOLLENT, at-tol'lent, a. That which raises or lifts up. ATTORN, at-turn', v. a. (attorner, old Fr.) To ATTURN, transfer the property or service of a ATTORNEY-ATTRACTION. vassal or tenant;-v. n. to acknowledge a ne possessor of property, and accept tenancy unde him. If one bought an estate with any lease for life or year standing out thereon, and the lessee or tenant refuser to attorn to the purchaser, and to become his tenant, th grant or purchase was in most cases void.-Blackstone. ATTORNEY, at-tur'ne, s. (ad, to, and torno, I turn Lat.) A person who takes the charge of the business of others in their absence. An Attorney is either private or public; a private Attorney acts for another out of court, for which purpose a verbal authority is in general sufficient; but in collecting debts, transferring stock, selling commodities, investing money, or similar purposes, he must be authorised by a formal power or letter of attorney. A public Attorney, or Attorney-at-law, is an officer of a court of record, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions. An Attorney prac an tises in courts of cominon lawa Solicitor in courts of equity. The word Attorney was ciently used for those who did any business for another it is now used only in law. I, by attorney, bless thee from thy mother.-Shaks. Attorney-General, is the public prosecutor on behalf of the crown: his office is to exhibit informations in political criminal matters, and to file bills in the Exchequer for anything concerning the king's inheritance and profits;-v. a. to perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. I am still attornied to your service.—Shaks. ATTORNEYSHIP, at-tur'ne-ship, s. The office of an attorney; proxy; vicarious agency. ATTORNMENT, at-turn'ment, s. In Law, a yielding of the tenant to a new lord, or acknowledging him to be his lord. ATTRACT, at-trakt', v. a. (attraho, attractum, Lat.) To draw to; to allure; to entice; to engage;-8. attraction; the power of drawing.-Obsolete in the last sense. Feel darts and charms, attracts and flames, And woo and contract in their names.-Hudibras. ATTRACTABLE, at-trak'ta-bl, a. That may be attracted. ATTRACTABILITY, at-trak-ta-bil ́e-te, s. That ATTRACTICAL, at-trak ́te-kal, to attract. to attract. ATTRACTINGLY, at-trak'ting-le, ad. In an attracting manner. ATTRACTION, at-trak'shun, s. (attractio, Lat.) The power of drawing to. In Physics, that tendency which certain bodies have to approach each other: -1st, The attraction of gravitation, the power which communicates weight to bodies; it tends to draw all bodies to the centre of the earth, and the earth itself towards the sun;-2d, Cohesion, that power which binds the particles of bodies together into a mass;-3d, Chemical attraction or affinity, the tendency of certain bodies to unite so intimately as to lose their individual character, and to form compound substances;-4th, Capillary attraction, that power which causes fluids to rise above their level in very small hair-like tubes; -5th, Electrical attraction, the tendency which two bodies, when in different electrical states, have of coalescing, until, by union or approach, they pass into the same electrical condition ;-6th, ATTRACTIVE-ATYLUS. Mic attraction, that power which a magnet bas of attracting any piece of iron near it. ATTRACTIVE, at-traktiv, a. (attractif, Fr.) Havng the power of drawing anything to one's self; aring; inviting; enticing;-s. that which draws astes allurement, except that attractive is of a good or indifferent sense, and allurement geneally had ATTRACTIVELY, at-traktiv-le, ad. With the power ofstracting. ATTRACTIVENESS, at-traktiv-nes, s. The quality of being attractive. ATTRACTOR, st-traktar, &. The agent that attracts. ATTRAHENE, atʼtra-hent, & (attrahens, Lat.) That which draws Arre?, at-trap', v. a. To clothe; to dress. For all his armour was like salvage weed, ASTRERETE, at-tribʼute, t. a. To ascribe; to give; ATTECTION, at-tre-bu'shun, s. Commendation; anties ascribed. AFTKIECTIVE, at-trib'u-tiv, &. The thing attributed. ATTENTE, at-trite', a (attritus, Lat.) Ground; worn by rabbing. ATTITENESS, at-trite'nes, s. The being much Amanos, at-trish'on, 8. (attritio, Lat.) The act of wearing things by rubbing one against another. In Surgery, excoriation of the surface, arising fram friction or contusion of the parts; sorrow for ATYPICAL-AUDIT-HOUSE. ATYPICAL, a-tip'e-kal, a. (atypique, Fr. from a, and typos, Gr.) Applied to periodical diseases, as intermittent fevers when irregular in their re rising solely from selfish motives, or dread of pistent; the lowest degree of repentance. ATTENE, at-tune', v. a. (ad, to, tonus, a sound, Lat.) To render musical; to adjust one sound to an other. currence. ATYPUS, at'te-pus, s. (a, without, and typos, type, Arts, a'tus Termination of words in atus and Like rata, oft bite the holy cords atwain, AUBIN, aw'bin, s. (French.) In Horsemanship, a AUCTION, awk'shun, s. (auctio, Lat.) A public auction. Belonging to an The person who AUCTIONEER, awk-shun-eer', s. AUCUBA, aw'ku-ba, s. (The Japanese name of the AUCUPATION, aw-ku-pa'shun, s. (aucupatio, Lat.) AUDACIOUS, aw-da'shus, a. (audacieux, Fr.) Bold; They have got metheglin, and awlacious ale, And talk like tyrants!-Beau. & Flet. spirited, without impudence; not timorous. She that shall be my wife must be accomplished, AUDACIOUSNESS, aw-da'shus-nes, s. Impudence. AUDIENCE, aw'dye-ens, s. (French.) The act of Aw, tween', ad. or prep. Betwixt; between; AUDIENT, aw'dye-ent, s. (audiens, Lat.) A hearer. in the midst of two things. A Scotticism. ATWIXI, a-twikst, prep. In the middle of two things. Arwo, a-too', ad. Into two.-Obsolete. And eke an axe to smite the cord atwo.-Chaucer. ATTA, atea, A genus of decapod Crustaceans. ATYLES, a'te-hus, Family, Eupoda. A genus of Crustaceans: -Seldom used. The audients of her sad story felt great motions both of pity and admiration for her misfortunes.-Shelton. AUDIT, aw'dit, s. (audit, he hears, Lat.) A final account. In Commerce, the examination of accounts by persons duly appointed ;-v. a. to take an account finally;-v. n. to sum up; to examine an account. AUDIT-HOUSE, aw'dit-hows, 8. 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