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Assimilation. [Obs.] Bacon.

habit; habitual use. Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. Bacon.

In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.

Astringency. [Obs.] Bacon.

With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.

o cause parts to draw together; to compress. Which contraction . . . astringeth the moistuBacon.

To overtake. [Obs.] Bacon.

The act of attempering or regulating. [Archaic] Bacon.

An attempt; an assault. [Obs.] Bacon.

Made thin or less viscid; rarefied. Bacon.

The part of the neck nearest the back.

hat which may be heard. [Obs.] Visibles are swiftlier carried to the sense than audibles. Bacon.

The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon.

Received by the ear; known by report. "Auricular traditions." Bacon.

Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon.

Turned away or backward. [Obs.] The tracks averse a lying notice gave, And led the searcher backward from the cave. Dryden.

Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.

so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. Bacon. Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. Prior.

evacuate; to withdraw from. [Obs.] Six of us only stayed, and the rest avoided the room. Bacon.

The courts by which anything is carried off. Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.