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A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,

Deprived of a spleen.

r in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and som…

ting-maid. Pepys. Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. Leslie.

The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

To awaken; to arouse. [Obs.] A man that waketh of his sleep He may not suddenly well taken keep Upon a thing, ne seen it parfitly Till that he be adawed verily. Chaucer.

Lees; dregs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

s, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

are admiral, vice admiral, and rear admiral. The admiral is the commander in chief of a fleet or of fleets.

; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.

from quiet; to alarm. Smale foules a great heap That had afrayed [affrayed] me out of my sleep. Chaucer.

terposed between it and the clause. After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Matt. xxvi. 32.

The time just after dinner. "An after-dinner's sleep." Shak. [Obs.] -- a.

Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold. Dryden. Ague cake, an enlargement of the spleen produced by ague. -- Ague drop, a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague. -- Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. -- Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so calle…

With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger. -- Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge, a co…

Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.