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Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. æ was generally replaced by a, the long e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

r hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

That attraction which takes place, at an insensible distance, between the heterogeneous particles of bodies, and unites them to form chemical compounds; chemism; chemical or elective affinity or attraction.

The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. Blackstone.

Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes. [Amer.] Bartlett.

Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. "Shut doors after you." Shak.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery.

In any other place. [Archaic] Bacon.

the time from the origin of a tide in the South Pacific Ocean to its arrival at a given place. -- Moon's age, the time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon.

The place of business of am agent.

One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor.

A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, "aglet baby" (Shak.), an aglet image.

e. Agonic line (Physics), an imaginary line on the earth's surface passing through those places where the magnetic needle points to the true north; the line of no magnetic variation. There is one such line in the Western hemisphere, and another in the Eastern hemisphere.

An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

ntiseptic powder, consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [A Trademark]

A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home alarms." Shak. Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. Pope.

A fortress; also, a royal palace. Prescott.

To change by alchemy; to transmute. Lovelace.