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In an astonished manner. [R.] Bp. Hall.

Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.

ned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

A practicing of attitudes; posture making.

The doctrines held by Augustine or by the Augustinians.

The state of being autochthonal.

Like a baboon.

Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. "A Babylonish garment." Josh. vii. 21.

The practice of bacchanalians; bacchanals; drunken revelry.

An aëronaut.

ndemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power. "We banish you our territories." Shak.

One who banishes.

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden.

A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.

A performer on the bassoon. Busby.

Blessing; beatitude; benediction. Shak. More precious than the benison of friends. Talfourd.

A believer in the theory of biogenesis.

An ax with an edge or blade on each side of the handle.

One of an old and well-known Mediterranean breed of domestic fowls with glossy black plumage, blue legs and feet, bright red comb and wattles, and white face. They are remarkable as egg layers.

The supposed faculty of perceiving subterraneous springs and currents by sensation; -- so called from one Bleton, of France.