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believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.

The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]

f the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.

One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

t, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession. Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.

An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a "call"). [U. S.]

opriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue. Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment. Sir I. Newton. His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons. Merivale.

The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another. To aspire to an assimilation with God. Dr. H. More. The assimilation of gases and vapors. Sir J. Herschel.

the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.

One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.

Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.

The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation. Milton.

A falconer who keeps a goschawk. [Obs.] Shak. Cowell. [Written also austringer.]

A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone. [Obs.] [Written also astrite and astrion.]

The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets. --As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al (#), a.

Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical. [Obs.] D. H. More.

The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

xon prince or nobleman; esp., the heir apparent or a prince of the royal family. [Written also Adeling and Ætheling.]

Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides. Oxf. Gloss.

een Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph.