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To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.

Affected with aërial sickness. -- Air"sick`ness, n.

Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan.

On land; to the land; ashore. "Cast aland." Sir P. Sidney.

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

e metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common constituent of granite and of various igneous rocks. See Feldspar.

A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.

The bleak, a small European fish having scales of a peculiarly silvery color which are used in making artificial pearls.

g element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.

A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades. Now when Aldebaran was mounted high Above the shiny Cassiopeia's chair. Spenser.

Any of numerous neuropterous insects of the genus Sialis or allied genera. They have aquatic larvæ, which are used for bait.

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.…

he liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.] [Eng.]

On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse. [Obs.]

A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.