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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

Aj"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.
Jeffrey.

This adjective is used only after the noun.

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.]


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