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The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.

Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.

A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.

or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist. You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

The adjutant of a regiment.

Aid. [R.] Aidance 'gainst the enemy. Shak.

Helping; helpful; supplying aid. Shak.

One who, or that which, aids.

Helpful. [Archaic.] Bp. Hall.

Helpless; without aid. Milton.

See Ayle. [Obs.]

Same as Aglet.

Sour. [Obs.] Shak.

Charcoal prepared for making powder.

A feathery crown of seed; egret; as, the aigrette or down of the dandelion or the thistle.

A needle-shaped peak.

A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

See Aglet. Spenser.

To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; as, what ails the man I know not what ails him. What aileth thee, Hagar Gen. xxi. 17.