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To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.

[See Axial.] [R.]

See Ax, Axman.

Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Gray.

order to trace the circumvolutions without. -- Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa.

The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher.

See Aerie. Drayton.

adicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.

e, or anterior to the paleozoic tome. Azoic is also used as a noun, age being understood. See Archæan, and Eozoic.

is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 196,220.) It is etymologically related to p , v , f , w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and…

ich originated in Persia in 1843, being a mixture of Mohammedan, Christian, Jewish and Parsee elements.

ek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

A small image of an infant; a doll. Babies in the eyes, the minute reflection which one sees of one's self in the eyes of another. She clung about his neck, gave him ten kisses, Toyed with his locks, looked babies in his eyes. Heywood.

See Babyroussa.

A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.

See Base. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Diatom.

A ferryboat. See Bac, 1

See Bacharach.

See Bacharach.