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In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton.

Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air. "Serious in aspect." Dryden. [Craggs] with aspect open shall erect his head. Pope.

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

ntire body of professional teachers. Grote. Who would by base aspersions blot thy virtue. Dryden.

ghbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. Dryden.

an administration. Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . . Assault his ears. Dryden.

deavor. [Archaic. In this sense essay is now commonly used.] She thrice assayed to speak. Dryden.

To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. Dryden. The Parliament assembled in November. W. Massey.

e assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. Macaulay. Royal assent, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

An attendant; one who is present. Dryden.

any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. Dryden.

te, or proposition assumed; a supposition. Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. Dryden.

Shines only with an astral luster. I. Taylor. Some astral forms I must invoke by prayer. Dryden. Astral lamp, an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which the oil is contained. -- Astral spirits, spirits formerly supposed to live in the heavenly b…

The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.

all upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. "Attack their lines." Dryden.

; as, a measure attended with ill effects. What cares must then attend the toiling swain. Dryden.

The sacred streams which Heaven's imperial state Attests in oaths, and fears to violate. Dryden.

Reddish brown. His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.

Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. [R.] With auctionary hammer in thy hand. Dryden.

r readers. Fit audience find, though few. Milton. He drew his audience upward to the sky. Dryden. Court of audience, or Audience court (Eng.), a court long since disused, belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury; also, one belonging to the Archbishop of York. Mozley & W. -- In general (or open) audience, publicly. -…