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To stun; to astonish; to stupefy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic] And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning.

To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. [Obs.] Enough, captain; you have astonished him. [Fluellen had struck Pistol]. Shak. The very cramp-fish [i. e., torpedo] . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland.

The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. [Obs.] A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.

Stunned; astounded; astonished. [Archaic] Spenser. Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott.

An institution for the protection or relief of some class of destitute, unfortunate, or afflicted persons; as, an asylum for the aged, for the blind, or for the insane; a lunatic asylum; an orphan asylum.

Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief." Dryden.

y seek to avail themselves of names. Milton. I have availed myself of the very first opportunity. Dickens.

Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]

In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

A kind of banjo, with a short neck, tuned a fourth higher than the common banjo; -- popularly so called.

owers in 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.

A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. [Also written barguest.]

To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries. They bark, and say the Scripture maketh heretics. Tyndale. Where there is the barking of the belly, there no other commands will be heard, much less obeyed. Fuller.

A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun).

To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne.

Lifetime; mortal existence. [Obs.] Claudius, thou Wast follower of his fortunes in his being. Webster (1654).

Bacon. (b) To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain.

the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.