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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

A"qui·form (?), a. [L. aqua water + -form.] Having the form of water.

Aq"ui·la (?), n.; pl. Aquilæ (?). [L., an eagle.]

1. (Zoöl.) A genus of eagles.

2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.

-- Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

Aq"ui·la`ted (?), a. (Her.) Adorned with eagles' heads.

Aq"ui·line (?; 277), a. [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ]

1. Belonging to or like an eagle.

2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose

Terribly arched and aquiline his nose.
Cowper.

Aq"ui·lon (?), n. [L. aquilo, -lonis: cf. F. aquilon.] The north wind. [Obs.] Shak.

A·quip"a·rous (?), a. [L. aqua water + parere to bring forth.] (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison.

Aq`ui·ta"ni·an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony.

A·quose" (?), a. [L. aquosus watery, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aqueous.] Watery; aqueous. [R.] Bailey.

A·quos"i·ty (?), n. [LL. aquositas.] The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley.


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