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That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence. -- As*sur"ing*ly, adv.

See Assuage.

Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.

One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archæology.

The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.

Indemnification for injury; satisfaction. [Chiefly in Scots law]

A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

Same as Astert. [Obs.]

A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

Estate; state. [Obs.] Chaucer.

fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction. Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.

In an astatic manner.

The state of being astatic.

To render astatic.

A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russian petroleum, much used as fuel.

An anchor is said to be astay, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.

Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

An arch, or ceiling, of boards, placed over the men's heads in a mine.