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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

A·gush" (?), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gush.] In a gushing state. Hawthorne.

Ag"y·nous (?), a. [Gr. α priv. + γυνη woman.] (Bot.) Without female organs; male.

Ah (?), interj. [OE. a: cf. OF. a, F. ah, L. ah, Gr. ?, Sk. ā, Icel. ć, OHG. ā, Lith. á, áá.] An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

A·ha" (?), interj. [Ah, interj. + ha.] An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

A·ha", n. A sunk fence. See Ha-ha. Mason.

A·head" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + head.]

1. In or to the front; in advance; onward.

The island bore but a little ahead of us.
Fielding.

2. Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

-- To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq]

-- To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of. (b) To surpass; to get the better of. [Colloq.]

A·heap" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + heap.] In a heap; huddled together. Hood.

A·height" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + height.] Aloft; on high. [Obs.] "Look up aheight." Shak.

A·hem" (?), interj. An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.

A·hey" (?), interj. Hey; ho.

A·high" (?), adv. On high. [Obs.] Shak.


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