Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

A·hold" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + hold.] Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak.

A·horse"back (?), adv. On horseback.

Two suspicious fellows ahorseback.
Smollet.

A·hoy" (?), interj. [OE. a, interj. + hoy.] (Naut.) A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."

Ah"ri·man (?), n. [Per.] The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

A"hu (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The Asiatic gazelle.

A·hull" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + hull.] (Naut.) With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

A·hun"gered (?), a. [Pref. a- + hungered.] Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bronté.

A"i (?), n.; pl. Ais (?). [Braz. aï, haï, from the animal's cry: cf. F. aï.] (Zoöl.) The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.

Ai"blins, A"blins (?), adv. [See Able.] Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.

Aich's met"al (?). A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.

Aid (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.] [F. aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.] To support, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.