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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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753 words match “AH”

AH interj.
An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.
AHA interj. 2 definitions
An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.
AHEAD adv. 3 definitions
In or to the front; in advance; onward. The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding.
AHEAP adv.
In a heap; huddled together. Hood.
AHEIGHT adv.
Aloft; on high. [Obs.] "Look up aheight." Shak.
AHEM interj.
An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.
AHEY interj.
Hey; ho.
AHIGH adv.
On high. [Obs.] Shak.
AHOLD adv.
Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak.
AHORSEBACK adv.
On horseback. Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet.
AHOY interj.
A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."
AHRIMAN n.
The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.
AHU n.
The Asiatic gazelle.
AHULL adv.
With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.
AHUNGERED a.
Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bronté.
ABRAHAM-MAN; ABRAM-MAN n.
roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith.
ABRAHAMIC a.
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch; as, the Abrachamic covenant.
ABRAHAMITIC; ABRAHAMITICAL a.
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
ALCAHEST n.
Same as Alkahest.
ALKAHEST n.
The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
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