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Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. P. Cyc.

A platform, or flooring of plank, at the entrance of a dock, against which the dock gates are shut.

or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will. Milton.

as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

lumn. P. Cyc. Arris fillet, a triangular piece of wood used to raise the slates of a roof against a chimney or wall, to throw off the rain. Gwilt. -- Arris gutter, a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building. Gwilt.

ticles; to set forth in distinct particulars. If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable. Jer. Taylor.

f wealth. J. S. Mill. Without some power of persuading or confuting, of defending himself against accusations, . . . no man could possibly hold an ascendent position. Grote.

Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. Pope. The god assumed his native form again. Pope.

One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

Good-by until we meet again.

An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.

A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.

To call from or back again. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death. The national spirit again awoke. Freeman. Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. xv. 34.

rbitrators in a case submitted."Impatient for the award." Cowper. An award had been given against. Gilpin.

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

Again; back against. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A grandfather. [Obs.] Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.

ement of a man or body of men, without changing front. -- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]

A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel.