Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume ABAj"u·tage (?), n. [F. ajutage, for ajoutage, fr. ajouter to add, LL. adjuxtare, fr. L. ad + juxta near to, nigh. Cf. Adjutage, Adjustage, Adjust.] A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain. Ake (?), n. & v. See Ache. A·kene" (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Achene. Ak"e·ton (?), n. [Obs.] See Acton. A·kim"bo (?), a. [Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo.] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. "With one arm akimbo." Irving. A·kin" (?), a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. 2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." Cowper. The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character.
Ak`i·ne"si·a (?), n. [Gr. ? quiescence; α priv. + ? motion.] (Med.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster. Ak`i·ne"sic (?), a. (Med.) Pertaining to akinesia. A·knee" (?), adv. On the knee. [R.] Southey. Ak·now" (?). Earlier form of Acknow. [Obs.] -- To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] |