Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume ABFor his mercies aye endure. -- For aye, always; forever; eternally. Aye"-aye` (?), n. [From the native name, prob. from its cry.] (Zoöl.) A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth. Aye"green` (?), n. [Aye ever + green.] (Bot.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). Halliwell. Aˇyen", Aˇyein" (?), Aˇyeins" (?) , adv. & prep. [OE. ?, ?. See Again.] Again; back against. [Obs.] Chaucer. Aˇyen"ward (?), adv. Backward. [Obs.] Chaucer. Ayle (?), n. [OE. ayel, aiel, OF. aiol, aiel, F. aďeul, a dim. of L. avus grandfather.] A grandfather. [Obs.] -- Writ of Ayle, an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized. Ay"me` (?), n. [Cf. F. ahi interj.] The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" [Obs.] See Ay, interj. "Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes." J. Fletcher. Aˇyond" (?), prep. & adv. Beyond. [North of Eng.] Aˇyont" (?), prep. & adv. Beyond. [Scot.] A"yˇrie, A"yˇry (?), n. See Aerie. Drayton. Ayr"shire (?), n. (Agric.) One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk. Aˇyun`taˇmiˇen"to (?), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. ayuntar to join.] In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen. |