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The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.

ound (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat. Here shall I die ashore. Shak. I must fetch his necessaries ashore. Shak.

The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith.

Goutweed.

Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.

Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. "Asian princes." Jer. Taylor. -- n.

One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. Milner.

Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. -- n.

Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.

, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.

A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.

A stupid fellow. [Obs.] Shak.

Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. "Asinine nature." B. Jonson. "Asinine feast." Milton.

The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.

An asiphonate mollusk.

A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.

Want of appetite; loathing of food.

tition; to solicit; - - often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed. Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God. Judg. xviii. 5. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. John xv. 7.

To turn aside. [Poet.] O, how are they wrapped in with infamies That from their own misdeeds askance their eyes! Shak.

liquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion. They dart away; they wheel askance. Beattie. My palfrey eyed them askance. Landor. Both . . . were viewed askance by authority. Gladstone.