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A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.

Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.

The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food.

he angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another." [Sportive] "A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge." F. Harrison. -- To make an ass of one's self, to do or say something very foolish or absurd.

To make sure or safe; to assure. [Obs.] Hooker.

iated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle.

mity to, or of presence in or on, something; as, at the door; at your shop; at home; at school; at hand; at sea and on land.

A school founded at Rome by Hadrian.

To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.

Waiting for; expectation. [Obs.] Languishing attendance and expectation of death. Hooker.

being attributed; ascribable; imputable. Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker.

s; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor." Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood." Milton.

le of light seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor. The aureole of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes.

ect; effectual; valid; as, an available plea. [Obs.] Laws human are available by consent. Hooker.

An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.

inary avocations. Macaulay. An irregularity and instability of purpose, which makes them choose the wandering avocations of a shepherd, rather than the more fixed pursuits of agriculture. Buckle.

mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent] His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper.

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors. W. Irving.