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Same as Ailantus.

A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di

A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

ition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.

A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.

which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.

One who aims, directs, or points.

Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life. -- Aim"less*ly, adv. -- Aim"less*ness, n.

A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or llliterate speech]. See An't.

f the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.

Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile. "Charm ache with air." Shak. He was still all air and fire. Macaulay . [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]

A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.

An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.

A railway brake operated by condensed air. Knight.

A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air.

A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.

A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.

A faucet to allow escape of air.

rface by means of ribs or radiators, and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Water cooling. -- Air"-cooled`, a.