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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.

Mentioned or recited before.

To awake; to arouse; to stir or start up; also, to shout out. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive. [Afraid comes after the noun it limits.] "Back they recoiled, afraid." Milton.

A commander of a castle or fortress among the Spaniards, Portuguese, and Moors.

Paid; pleased. [Obs.] Chaucer.

l or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop. A bouncing barmaid. W. Irving.

A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

ve, interlace, or entwine together, as three or more strands or threads; to form into a braid; to plait. Braid your locks with rosy twine. Milton.

The act of making or using braids.

See Bridesmaid, Bridesman.

A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding.