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aster, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.

A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

s by industry were . . . enriched and enlarged by many excellent endowments of nature. Hayward.

Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence.

From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. -- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.

gislative body, council, court of justice, etc.; a decree, edit, law, judgment, resolve, award; as, an act of Parliament, or of Congress.

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

To award; to adjudge. [Obs.] "Unto him they did addeem the prise." Spenser.

To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. Reasons . . . were adduced on both sides. Macaulay. Enough could not be adduced to satisfy the purpose of illustration. De Quincey.

Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.

To draw towards a common center or a middle line. Huxley.

The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor.

Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.

A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose. In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles. Verrill.…

Containing counsel or warning; hortatory; advisory. [Obs.] Potter.

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort. "Admonish him as a brother." 2 Thess. iii. 15.

nseling against a fault or error; expression of authoritative advice; friendly caution or warning.

That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly,, adv.

To move or conduct to or toward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.