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Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate. Such . . . appear to be of the assich kind . . . Udall.

A verdict or finding of a jury upon such writ.

Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. E. Darwin.

The object causing such an emotion. Thou shalt become an astonishment. Deut. xxviii. 37.

A sauce (such as egg and bread crumbs) used for covering bits of meat, small birds, or fish, strung on skewers for frying.

Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

trees attain to the dignity of timber. Cowper. Few boroughs had as yet attained to power such as this. J. R. Green.

fort. By his blindness maimed for high attempts. Milton. Attempt to commit a crime (Law), such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect. Wharton.

Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined. Attic base (Arch.), a peculiar form of molded base for a column or pilaster, described by Vitruvius, applied under the Roman Empire to the Ionic and Corinthian a…

orum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor." Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood." Milton.

The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account. Yet I can make my audit up. Shak.

ter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.

variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt; -- also used instead of the general term pyroxene.

ting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government.

To occasion; to originate. [Obs.] Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman.

A book containing such a statement or opinion, or the author of the book.

An execution of such sentence, by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.

Pertaining to, or containing, autobiography; as, an autobiographical sketch. "Such traits of the autobiographic sort." Carlyle. -- Au`to*bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

c movements or functions. Unconscious or automatic reasoning. H. Spenser. Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery. Ure.