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Advice; counsel; suggestion; also, a dispatch or advice boat. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. æ was generally replaced by a, the long e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.…

A genus of plants, called also hardgrass.

tective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

bes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]

A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.

The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

Growing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen; also, pertaining to, or induced by, aërobies; as, aërobic fermentation. -- A`ër*o"bic*al*ly (#), adv.

Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.

Of or belonging to the summer; as, æstival diseases. [Spelt also estival.]

To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate.]

the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. Gray. [Spelt also estivation.]

or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

An abundant supply, as of thought, words, feelings, etc.; profusion; also, abundance of property; wealth. And old age of elegance, affluence, and ease. Coldsmith.

The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread. B. Jonson.

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

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.

of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

Against; also, towards (in order to meet). [Obs.] Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer.