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Touching; bordering; contiguous. [Obs.] -- At*tig"u*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]

To touch lightly. [Obs.] Coles.

To dress; to array; to adorn; esp., to clothe with elegant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4.

Provided with antlers, as a stag.

Attire; adornment.

One who attires.

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

Relating to attitude.

One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

To assume affected attitudes; to strike an attitude; to pose. Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to attitudinize at the harp. Hannah More.

One who practices attitudes.

Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore. Weale.

Lifting up; raising; as, an attollent muscle. Derham.

At once; together. [Obs.] Spenser.

See At one. [Obs.]

To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate. Blackstone.

A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] And will have no attorney but myself. Shak.

The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.

The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.