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A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; -- contr. with following surface, which is the rear surface.

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.

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior. Affability is of a wonderful efficacy or power in procuring love. Elyot

kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. An affable and courteous gentleman. Shak. His manners polite and affable. Macaulay.

Affability.

In an affable manner; courteously.

Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [R.] Bailey.

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius. "A talent for affairs." Prescott.

To afflict with, or perish from, hunger. [Obs.] Spenser.

Starvation. Bp. Hall.

To infatuate. [Obs.] Milton.

A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making.

The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

Something done before another act. [Obs.]

Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.

Having a round, broad face, like an apple. "Apple-faced children." Dickens.

The act of drying, or the state of growing dry. The arefaction of the earth. Sir M. Hale.

A product of human workmanship; -- applied esp. to the simpler products of aboriginal art as distinguished from natural objects.