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Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at the house; to aim at a mark. It is less definite than in or on; at the house may be in or near the house. From this original import are derived all the various uses of at. It expresses: -…

In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation. If gentil men, or othere of hir contree Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon. Chaucer.

A kettledrum; a kind of tabor, used by the Moors. Croly.

An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

After. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Yataghan.

To overtake. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A hetman, or chief of the Cossacks.

See under Lily.

Perfect peace of mind, or calmness.

Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.

Pertaining to a remote ancestor, or to atavism.

of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form.

The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition. Locomotor ataxia. See Locomotor.

Characterized by ataxy, that is, (a) by great irregularity of functions or symptoms, or (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Pinel.

The influence of a star upon other stars or upon men. [Obs.] Chaucer.

the preterit of Eat.

Without technical or artistic knowledge. Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr.

A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita.

A sauce (such as egg and bread crumbs) used for covering bits of meat, small birds, or fish, strung on skewers for frying.