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e land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat. Here shall I die ashore. Shak. I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak.

, we pray thee, of God. Judg. xviii. 5. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John xv. 7.

the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.

th appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like. The papal authority . . . assailed. Hallam. They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. Macaulay.

One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall.

sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary. The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. Hallam.

render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. Milton.

To assent. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Stipulation; agreement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

In an astonished manner. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Disorder; irregularity. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

ystem, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. R. Hall. Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. Shipley.

A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

[clothes and blankets] in Philadelphia, and they were not attainable in the country. Marshall.

outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder. No person shall be attainted of high treason where corruption of blood is incurred, but by the oath of two witnesses. Stat. 7 & 8 Wm. III.

ter whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor. "A train of attendants." Hallam.

gant or splendid garments. Finely attired in a robe of white. Shak. With the linen miter shall he be attired. Lev. xvi. 4.

To adorn with trapping; to array. [Obs.] Shall your horse be attrapped . . . more richly Holland.

Twisted; distorted; awry. [R.] Halliwell.