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A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directly the number of ounces to the ton.

es or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.

Same as Assagai.

Same as Astert. [Obs.]

A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort. Spenser.

Same as Astrogeny. -- As`*tro*gon"ic, a.

Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at one.

Same as Atropine.

l. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge. Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its ci…

Same as Attle.

ollowed by to. Attend to the voice of my supplications. Ps. lxxxvi. 6. Man can not at the same time attend to two objects. Jer. Taylor.

njecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden.

Same as Burgher, n., 2.

Same as Aam.

Same as Ambry.

orresponding phenomenon in the southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the same manner from near the southern horizon.

Same as Auto-da-fé.

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

Same as Auto-intoxication.

Same as Kava. Johnston.