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A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.

In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

n be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

Afraid. [Obs.] Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises. Shak.

ding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.

ith affection. [Obs.] As for Queen Katharine, he rather respected than affected, rather honored than loved, her. Fuller.

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show. "An affectation of contempt." Macaulay. Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural. Locke.

Given to false show; assuming or pretending to posses what is not natural or real. He is . . . too spruce, too affected, too odd. Shak.

ing; love; zealous or tender attachment; -- often in the pl. Formerly followed by to, but now more generally by for or towards; as, filial, social, or conjugal affections; to have an affection for or towards children. All his affections are set on his own country. Macaulay.

A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

To declare or assert positively. Not that I so affirm, though so it seem To thee, who hast thy dwelling here on earth. Milton.

forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative. Whether there are such beings or not, 't is sufficient for my purpose that many have believed the affirmative. Dryden.

hem taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. Exod. i. 11. That which was the worst now least afflicts me. Milton.

A flowing to or towards; a concourse; an influx. The affluence of young nobles from hence into Spain. Wotton. There is an unusual affluence of strangers this year. Carlyle.

To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius Addison.

Borne on the water; floating; on board ship. On such a full sea are we now afloat. Shak.

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. [Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] "Back they recoiled, afraid." Milton.

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

Behind in place; as, men in line one after another. "Shut doors after you." Shak.