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Same as Earthen. [Obs.] "An arthen pot." Holland.

ading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote.

ch commemorated our Savior's ascension into heaven after his resurrection; -- called also Holy Thursday. -- Right ascension (Astron.), that degree of the equinoctial, counted from the beginning of Aries, which rises with a star, or other celestial body, in a right sphere; or the arc of the equator intercepted between…

ribe such a book to such an author. The finest [speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem. Addison.

The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.

To behold; to look at. [Obs.]

The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]

A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense. Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. Jer. Taylor.

The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.

with audible breath. But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. Holder.

A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract. Bancroft.

eing taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. Holland.

or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of the whole of some particular estate or interest in lands.

The time or place of holding the court of assize; -- generally in the plural, assizes.

of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. Boyle.

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. Dryden.

cramp-fish [i. e., torpedo] . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland.

ion; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.