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A starfish; one of the Asterioidea.

A starlike body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.

One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope.

A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistictness of vision.

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.

With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle. Placed astride upon the bars of the palisade. Sir W. Scott. Glasses with horn bows sat astride on his nose. Longfellow.

One who studies the stars; an astronomer. [Obs.]

One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena. An undevout astronomer is mad. Young.

An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.

One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.

To render atheistic or godless. [R.] They endeavored to atheize one another. Berkeley.

One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at men." Hudibras.

One who sustains a great burden.

One who is versed in atmology.

ry direction. In amounts to about 14.7 Ibs. on each square inch. -- Atmospheric railway, one in which pneumatic power, obtained from compressed air or the creation of a vacuum, is the propelling force. -- Atmospheric tides. See under Tide.

The smallest particle of matter that can enter into combination; one of the elementary constituents of a molecule.

e between the supposed ultimate particles or atoms of bodies, in some simple ratio, as of one to one, two to three, or some other, always expressible in whole numbers. -- Atomic weight (Chem.), the weight of the atom of an element as compared with the weight of the atom of hydrogen, taken as a standard.…