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81 " ALL-HEAL (ALL-HEAL) n.s. [Panax, Lat.]A species of ironwort; which see. "
― Samuel Johnson , A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One
82 " Where I a pris’ner chain’d, scarce freely drawThe air imprison’d also, close and damp,Unwholsome draught; but here I feel amends,The breath of heav’n fresh blowing, pure and sweet,With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.Milton’sSampson Agonistes. "
83 " To ADMOVE (ADMO'VE) v.a.[admoveo, Lat.]To bring one thing to another. If, unto the powder of loadstone or iron, we admove the northpole of the loadstone, the powders, or small divisions, will erect and conform themselves thereto.Brown’sVulgar Errours,b. ii. "
84 " The cankered passion of envy is nothing akin to the silly envy of the ass.L’Estrange,Fab.xxxviii. "
85 " AMENTACEOUS (AMENTA'CEOUS) adj.[amentatus, Lat.]Hanging as by a thread. The pine tree hath amentaceous flowers or katkins.Miller. "
86 " ALLODIUM (ALLO'DIUM) n.s.[A word of very uncertain derivation, but most probably of German original.]A possession held in absolute independence, without any acknowledgment of a lord paramount. It is opposed to fee, or feudum, which intimates some kind of dependance. There are no allodial lands in England, all being held either mediately or immediately of the king. "
87 " APHETA (APHE'TA) n.s.[with astrologers.] The name of the plant, which is imagined to be the giver or disposer of life in a nativity.Dict. "
88 " ABLEPSY (A'BLEPSY) n.s.[ Gr.] Want of sight, natural blindness; also unadvisedness.Dict. "
89 " ABOUT (ABO'UT) prep.[abutan, or abuton, Sax. which seems to signify encircling on the outside.]1. Round, surrounding, encircling. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart.BibleProverbs,iii. 3. "
90 " AFER (A'FER) n.s.[Lat.]The southwest wind. With adverse blast upturns them from the south,Notus, and Afer, black with thund’rous clouds,From Sierra Liona.Milton’sParadise Lost,b. x. "
91 " What an opinion will afterages entertain of their religion, who bid fair for a gibbet, by endeavouring to bring in a superstition, which their forefathers perished in flames to keep out.Addison’sFreeholder,No 1. "
92 " APLUSTRE (APLU'STRE) n.s.[Latin.]The ancient ensign carried in sea vessels. The one holds a sword in her hand, to represent the Iliad, as the other has an aplustre, to represent the Odyssey, or voyage of Ulysses.Addison. "
93 " ALLONGE (ALLO'NGE) n.s.[allonge, Fr.]A pass or thrust with a rapier, so called from the lengthening of the space taken up by the fencer. "
94 " ABASED (ABA'SED) adj.[with heralds] is a term used of the wings of eagles, when the top looks downwards towards the point of the shield; or when the wings are shut; the natural way of bearing them being spread with the top pointing to the chief of the angle.Bailey.Chambers. "
95 " AFFABLE (A'FFABLE) adj.[affable, Fr. affabilis, Lat.]1. Easy of manners; accostable; courteous; complaisant. It is used of superiours. He was affable, and both well and fair spoken, "
96 " ANNIHILABLE (ANNI'HILABLE) adj.[from annihilate.]That which may be reduced to nothing; that which may be put out of existence. "
97 " Sometimes, and most frequently, compassion and complaint. In youth alone, unhappy mortals live; But, ah! the mighty bliss is fugitive: Discolour’d sickness, anxious labour come, And age "
98 " To ABATE (ABA'TE) v.a.[from the French abbatre, to beat down.]1. To lessen, to diminish. "
99 " To ACCROACH (ACCRO'ACH) v.a.[accrocher, Fr.]To draw to one as with a hook; to gripe, to draw away by degrees what is another’s. "
100 " The memory of useful things may receive considerable aid, if they are thrown into verse.Watts’sImprovement of the Mind. Your patrimonial stores in peace possess;Undoubted all your filial claim confess:Your private right should impious power invade,The peers of Ithaca would arm in aid.Pope’sOdyssey,b. i.2. "