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One who, or that which, attends.

A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.

A room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof.

One who, or that which, attracts.

That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv.

That which attracts; an attractive object or feature.

That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement. Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation. South.

One who, or that which, attracts. Sir T. Browne

That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill.

a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. Abp. Tillotson. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. Shak.

That which is ascribed or attributed.

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.

That which is superadded; augmentation. [Obs.] Baxter.

with the dealer, bid for the privilege of naming the trump and playing with the dummy for that deal, there being heavy penalties for a player's failure to make good his bid. The score value of each trick more than six taken by the successful bidder is as follows: when the trump is spades, 2; clubs, 6; diamonds, 7; hear…

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

A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton.

ich they lie, and for obtaining water. Auger bit, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.

One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.

heir flight strange auguries she drew. Drayton. He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott.