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To bring forth, as young; to yean. "In eaning time." Shak.

A lamb just brought forth; a yeanling. Shak.

Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n.

See Achæan, Achaian.

Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible.

Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton.

Pertaining to Adonis; Adonic. "Fair Adonean Venus." Faber.

A cultivated variety of the Asiatic gram, now introduced into the United States.

Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

Allegation. [Obs.]

See Am.

Alternately answering.

Extending over all the zones, from the tropics to the polar zones inclusive.

Pertaining to the Andes.

Pertaining to Antæus, a giant athlete slain by Hercules.

Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal.

Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic. -- n.

Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.

ebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the sc…