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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

Aisled (?), a. Furnished with an aisle or aisles.

Ais"less (?), a. Without an aisle.

Ait (?), n. [AS. ?, ?, perh. dim. of īeg, īg, island. See Eyot.] An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.

The ait where the osiers grew.
R. Hodges (1649).
Among green aits and meadows.
Dickens.

Ait (?), n. Oat. [Scot.] Burns.

Aitch (?), n. The letter h or H.

Aitch"bone` (?), n. [For nachebone. For loss of n, cf. Adder. See Natch.] The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

Ai`ti·ol"o·gy (?), n. See Ætiology.

A·jar" (?), adv. [OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See Char.] Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.

A·jar" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + jar.] In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.

Aj"a·va (?), n. (Bot.) See Ajouan.

A·jog" (?), adv. [Pref. a- + jog.] On the jog.

Aj"ou·an Aj"ow·an (?), n. [Written also ajwain.] [Prob. native name.] (Bot.) The fruit of Ammi Copticum, syn. Carum Ajowan, used both as a medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava.


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