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Takes away. [Obs.] Without any sinister suspicion of anything being added or adempt. Latimn.

One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy.

A helper or assistant. [Archaic] Drayton.

That which is mixed with anything.

That which is used to adulterate anything. -- a. Adulterating; as, adulterant agents and processes.

A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisement.

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

Pertaining to Æolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aërial. Viewless forms the æolian organ play. Campbell. Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the

In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. Hooker.

Anything given as a help; bestowal. [Obs.]

With fright. Drayton.

One who receives an affront. Lytton.

ing to bulk and currency, and not after their intrinsic value. Bacon. After all, when everything has been considered; upon the whole. -- After (with the same noun preceding and following), as, wave after wave, day after day, several or many (waves, etc.) successively. -- One after another, successively. -- To be aft…

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass. Where he builds the agglomerated pile. Cowper.

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. Each at the head leveled his deadly aim. Milton.

A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.