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o bring aid or supplies; to conduce; to minister. A fountain . . . administers to the pleasure as well as the plenty of the place. Spectator.

To regard with wonder and delight; to look 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.

the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand. I shall, with pleasure, make the necessary advances. Jay. The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made. Kent. In advance (a) In front; before. (b) Beforehand; before an equivalent is received. (c) In the state of having a…

Circumspectly; deliberately; leisurely. [Obs.] Shak.

Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc.

The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.

An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

Action; endeavor. [Obs.] And with his best affair Obeyed the pleasure of the Sun. Chapman.

To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] "The title is affeered." Shak.

To assure by promise. [Obs.] Pope.

One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

ity of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly. "Agreeably entertained." Goldsmith.

A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. Knight.

Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.

The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

An exposure to air, or to a fire, for warming, drying, etc.; as, the airing of linen, or of a room.

ntion. -- Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. -- Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case of an alarm.

Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine.

A small ornamental building with seats, or an arched seat, in a pleasure ground; a garden bower. Cowper.