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In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension of danger.

Made from, or by means of, water. An aqueous deposit. Dana. Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. -- Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) -- Aqueous rocks (Geol.),…

An arachnidan. Huxley.

re of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana.

With reference to the archetype; originally. "Parts archetypally distinct." Dana.

An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana.

Division into areolæ. Dana.

One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

n kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden. His spiritual attendants adjured hi…

inal properties. Asclepias butterfly (Zoöl.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias.

Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried. [Obs.] Through many hard assays which did betide. Spenser.

ation or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting. She grows more assiduous in her attendance. Addison.

An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.

To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford.

; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. Brave men meet danger with assurance. Knolles. Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. Locke.

udden emotion or passion. Musidorus . . . had his wits astonished with sorrow. Sidney. I, Daniel . . . was astonished at the vision. Dan. viii. 27.

Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock. -- Astronomical day. See under Day. -- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.

In an atomic manner; in accordance with the atomic philosophy.

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

tion to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.] The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.