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An engine driven by heated or by compressed air. Knight.

A path through the air made easy for aërial navigation by steady winds.

The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

Same as Achene.

Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster.

Pertaining to akinesia.

On the knee. [R.] Southey.

Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster; as alabastrine limbs.

Alacrity. [Obs.] Hammond.

A white crystalline base, C3H7NO2, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

A female albino. Holmes.

Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; -- a term applied to textures, humors, etc., which are perfectly white.

The kingfishers.

One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3.

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.…

Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

The quality of being alert or on the alert; briskness; nimbleness; activity.

An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm.

A kind of verse consisting in English of twelve syllables. The needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along. Pope.