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A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.

apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.

attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like. The papal authority . . . assailed. Hallam. They assailed him with keen invective;…

Roasting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To try tasting, as food or drink. [Obs.]

The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.

To lend aid; to help. With God not parted from him, as was feared, But favoring and assisting to the end. Milton.

The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak.

a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. Association of ideas (Physiol.), the combination or connection of state…

A digesting furnace, formerly used by alchemists. It was so constructed as to maintain uniform and durable heat. Chambers.

A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. Atlas powder, a nitroglycerin blasting compound of pasty consistency and great explosive power.

A blasting powder or dynamite composed of nitroglycerin, wood fiber, sodium nitrate, and magnesium carbonate.

Existing in the atmosphere. The lower atmospheric current. Darwin.

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island.

A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part. Milton.

The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

Attesting; furnishing evidence.

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

ng to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting cell.