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The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. [Obs.] -- a.

One of a sect of freethinkers among the Mohammedans.

An epithet applied to editions (chiefly of the classics) which proceeded from the press of Aldus Manitius, and his family, of Venice, for the most part in the 16th century and known by the sign of the anchor and the dolphin. The term has also been applied to certain elegant editions of English works.…

The common red variety of garnet.

See Almandine

Of or pertaining to height; as, altitudinal measurements.

Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [R.] Coleridge.

The vegetable casein of almonds.

Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

Andean; as, Andine flora.

Suitable; fit. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to a reed; resembling the reed or cane.

Abounding with reeds; reedy.

Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. -- Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the li…

Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv.

Relating to attitude.

One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

strike an attitude; to pose. Maria, who is the most picturesque figure, was put to attitudinize at the harp. Hannah More.

One who practices attitudes.