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r 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.

Same as Ailantus.

A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di

A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.

A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet. Fairholt.

ition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.

A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.

A lady's waiting-maid. Pepys. Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in. Leslie.

An elevated cableway.

The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. Totten.

An inflammation or sore under or around the nail; also, a hangnail.

All health; -- a phrase of salutation or welcome.

t. [Poet.] Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it, came missives from the king, who all-hailed me "Thane of Cawdor." Shak.

Preparation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

tack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. No rude noise mine ears assailing. Cowper. No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. Keble.

Capable of being assailed.

Assailing; attacking. Milton.

One who assails.

The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.] His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson.

The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India.