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Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. Aghast he waked; and, starting from his bed, Cold sweat in clammy drops his limbs o'erspread. Dryden. The commissioners read and stood aghast. Macaulay.

In a glow; glowing; as, cheeks aglow; the landscape all aglow.

Wild; -- said of plants growing in the fields.

pulated by the pilot of a flying machine to preserve or destroy lateral balance; a hinged wing tip; a lateral stabilizing or balancing plane.

A winglike organ, or part.

Pertaining to, or having, wings.

ep, or excite attention. -- 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.

Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. The alary system of insects. Wollaston.

Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings.

The state of being winged.

ause in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.

Growing or becoming white.

A tree, usually growing in moist land, and belonging to the genus Alnus. The wood is used by turners, etc.; the bark by dyers and tanners. In the U. S. the species of alder are usually shrubs or small trees. Black alder. (a) A European shrub (Rhamnus frangula); Alder buckthorn. (b) An American species of holly (Ilex ve…

(Angling) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.

An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.

raduated instrument, as a quadrant or astrolabe, carrying the sights or telescope, and showing the degrees cut off on the arc of the instrument Whewell.

A foreigner; one owing allegiance, or belonging, to another country; a foreign-born resident of a country in which he does not posses the privileges of a citizen. Hence, a stranger. See Alienage.

A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

Having wings, winged; aligerous. [R.]

Wing-shaped; winglike.