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Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.

One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.

the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.

A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.

The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0º Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris. Sir W. Thomson.

Disposed to attempt; adventurous. [Obs.] Daniel.

A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

Daring; spirited; adventurous. As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious. Milton.

Daring spirit, resolution, or confidence; venturesomeness. The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men. Tatler.

d matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.

An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.

The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.

Adventure; hap. [Obs.] In aunters, perchance.

To venture; to dare. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Adventurous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart.

Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.

ogenous soldering, the junction by fusion of the joining edges of metals without the intervention of solder.

all interested. General average, a contribution made, by all parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average, because it falls upon the gross amount of ship, cargo, and freig…

tive assertion. Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. I. Taylor.