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The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.

ng the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

lphonsine tables, astronomical tables prepared under the patronage of Alphonso the Wise. Whewell.

Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.

Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.

A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

An androgynous plant. Whewell.

Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell.

rinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.

Relating to the casting of horoscopes. [Archaic] Whewell.

s unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil. After the death of his nephew Caligula, Claudius was in no small apprehension for his own life. Addison.

A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the leaf of the Piper Betle and lime.

Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone. Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar. Knight.

; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles. Whewell.

ng to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The assumption of authority. Whewell.

the sphere on the plane of a great circle, as the equator, or a meridian; a planisphere. Whewell.

Of or pertaining to atmology. "Atmological laws of heat." Whewell.

That branch of science which treats of the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapor. Whewell.

The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.