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To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

essing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation. Bouvier.

e state of being accustomed; habituation. [Obs.] Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. Jer. Taylor.

To stun; to stupefy. No puissant stroke his senses once astound. Fairfax.

To bind up; to confine; to constrict; to contract. The solid parts were to be relaxed or astricted. Arbuthnot.

Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.

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

Flaxen-colored. [Obs.] Florio.

That which is superadded; augmentation. [Obs.] Baxter.

Aside; off; in another direction. The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun. Lockyer.

d Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr.ptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.

ng the purpose of, a backbone. The lofty mountains on the north side compose the granitic axis, or backbone of the country. Darwin. We have now come to the backbone of our subject. Earle.

r cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

One of the somites (arthromeres) that make up the thorax of Arthropods. Packard.

The thorax of Arthropods. Packard.

Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. Fairfax.

A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).