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Stranded. Sir W. Scott.

ict; to limit. [R.] The mind is astricted to certain necessary modes or forms of thought. Sir W. Hamilton.

h the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.

To study or to talk astronomy. [R.] They astronomized in caves. Sir T. Browne.

Subtle; cunning; astute. [R.] Sir W. Scott. -- As*tu"cious*ly, adv. [R.]

Having a keen appetite or desire; eager; longing. "Athirst for battle." Cowper.

at a temperature of 0º Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris. Sir W. Thomson.

Anything extremely small; a particle; a whit. There was not an atom of water. Sir J. Ross.

any means they might attain to Phenice. Acts xxvii. 12. Nor nearer might the dogs attain. Sir W. Scott. To see your trees attain to the dignity of timber. Cowper. Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this. J. R. Green.

rriving at or reaching; hence, the act of obtaining by efforts. The attainment of every desired object. Sir W. Jones.

A touch or hit. Sir W. Scott.

To try to win, subdue, or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman. Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further: Take some remembrance of us, as a tribute. Shak.

igent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.

r in the train; accompanying; in waiting. From the attendant flotilla rang notes triumph. Sir W. Scott. Cherub and Seraph . . . attendant on their Lord. Milton.

An attendant circumstance. [Obs.] The uncomfortable attendments of hell. Sir T. Browne.

t. I. Taylor. We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. Sir F. Palgrave.

The quality or fact of being attractable. Sir W. Jones.

Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies. Sir I. Newton.

One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne

Property; possession. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.