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Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] "A great adamant of acquaintance." Bacon. As true to thee as steel to adamant. Greene.

ook upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love, or reverence; to estimate or prize highly; as, to admire a person of high moral worth, to admire a landscape. Admired as heroes and as gods obeyed. Pope.

One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly. Cowper.

Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion.

To love in the highest degree; to regard with the utmost esteem and affection; to idolize. The great mass of the population abhorred Popery and adored Montouth. Macaulay.

with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off. The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. Beattie.

al impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc. ; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency. Affection is applicable to an unpleasant as well as a pleasant state of the mind, when impressed by any object…

A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain. J. Fletcher.

declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." Milton.

To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. Ure.

A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others.

Self-love; self-esteem.

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.

any degree; at all. You are not to go loose any longer. Shak. Before you go any farther. Steele.

e, a celebrated statue of Apollo in the Belvedere gallery of the Vatican palace at Rome, esteemed of the noblest representations of the human frame.

allegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. Milton. A wretched and apostate state. Steele.

aqueous deposit. Dana. Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. -- Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) -- Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water…

A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [Written also arbalet and arblast.] Fosbroke.