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Aërial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. Gray. [Spelt also estivation.]

At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie.

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.

Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak.

Proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender; as, the affectionate care of a parent; affectionate countenance, message, language.

Tending to affect; affecting. [Obs.] Burnet.

Abundant; copious; plenteous; hence, wealthy; abounding in goods or riches. Language . . . affluent in expression. H. Reed. Loaded and blest with all the affluent store, Which human vows at smoking shrines implore. Prior.

To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury; as, A affords his goods cheaper than B; a man can afford a sum yearly in charity.

n of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.

ent; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.

Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South.

Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a United States citizen of African descent.

Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life. Marshall.

small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

At a later or succeeding time.

; against law; to run a race against time. The gate would have been shut against her. Fielding. An argument against the use of steam. Tyndale.

century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a t…

s arrival at a given place. -- Moon's age, the time that has elapsed since the last preceding conjunction of the sun and moon.