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An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending to draw them together, or to produce their cohesion or combination, and conversely resisting separation.

Anything; any part. [Also written ought.] There failed not aught of any good thing which the Lord has spoken. Josh. xxi. 45 But go, my son, and see if aught be wanting. Addison.

One who, or that which, augments or increases anything.

The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton.

A sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything.

The courts by which anything is carried off. Avoidances and drainings of water. Bacon.

The person who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away. Johnson.

holding; defense; vindication. [Obs.] Can my avowance of king-murdering be collected from anything here written by me Fuller.

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

A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.

Anything like , or serving the purpose of, a backbone. The lofty mountains on the north side compose the granitic axis, or backbone of the country. Darwin. We have now come to the backbone of our subject. Earle.

Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]

Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.

The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

The act of putting anything into, or as into, a bag.

Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. Fairfax.

To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.

That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.