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Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.

One whose life or property is insured.

Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.

Of or pertaining to the Asterioidea. -- n.

An optical property of some crystals which exhibit a star- shaped by reflected light, as star sapphire, or by transmitted light, as some mica.

Of or pertaining to an asteroid, or to the asteroids.

Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.

Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient. -- Asth*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.

Pertaining to the genus Astræa or the family Astræidæ. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n.

Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike. Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor. Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. Dryden. Astral lamp, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which the oil is contained.…

Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology. "Astrologi learning." Hudibras. "Astrological prognostication." Cudworth. -- As`tro*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock. -- Astronomical day. See under Day. -- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.

Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.

Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. -- n.

Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.