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ther, etc., are in the line direct ascending. -- Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node. Herschel. -- Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series…

Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness. "The asperities of dry bodies." Boyle.

The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.

The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.

The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets. --As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al (#), a.

A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors. Croly.

Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion. The attitude of the country was rapidly changing. J. R. Green. To strike an attitude, to take an attitude for mere effect.

Chaucer. Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be, Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser.

ted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).

aily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge.

a galley; also, a tier of oars. Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep. Waller.

The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduces from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

a. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.

A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.

Made smooth by beating or treading; worn by use. "A broad and beaten way." Milton. "Beaten gold." Shak.

To howl at. [Obs.] The wolf behowls the moon. Shak.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak.

To mock; to ridicule. Bemock the modest moon. Shak.

Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] Wright. Bowmen bickered upon the bent. Chevy Chase.

A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor.