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Aromatic. [Obs.] Caxton.

One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda.

Without a material body; incorporeal. Todd.

Aspermous.

A person affected with asthma.

Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient. -- Asth*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.

A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistictness of vision.

Not possessing a mouth.

Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of, atheroma. Wiseman.

One who is self-taught. [R.] Young.

Having an inherent power of action or motion. Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy.

In an automatic manner.

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self- moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. (Metaph.) A theory as to the activity of matter.

s having the power of spontaneous motion or action. Huxley. So great and admirable an automaton as the world. Boyle. These living automata, human bodies. Boyle.

Automatic. [Obs.] "Automatous organs." Sir T. Browne.

Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.

g to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; self-evident; characterized by axioms. "Axiomatical truth." Johnson. The stores of axiomatic wisdom. I. Taylor.

By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.

The act of imparting balsamic properties.