Adynamic fevers, malignant or putrid fevers attended with great muscular debility.
A*dyn"a*my (&?;), n. Adynamia. [R.] Morin.
||Ad"y*tum (&?;), n. Adyta (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, n., fr. &?;, a., not to be entered; 'a priv. + &?; to enter.] The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
{ Adz, Adze } (&?;), n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet.] A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
Adz, v. t. To cut with an adz. [R.] Carlyle.
Æ or Ae. A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short æ was generally replaced by a, the long by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.
||Æ*cid"i*um (&?;), n.; pl. Æcidia (&?;). [NL., dim. of Gr. &?; injury.] (Bot.) A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.
Æ"dile (&?;), n. [L. aedilis, fr. aedes temple, public building. Cf. Edify.] A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
Æ"dile*ship, n. The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.
Æ*ge"an (&?;), a. [L. Aegeus; Gr. &?;.] Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.
||Æ`gi*cra"ni*a (&?;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, goat + &?;, n. pl., heads.] (Arch.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.
Æg"i*lops (&?;), n. [L. aegilopis, Gr. &?;, fr. &?;, gen. &?;, goat + &?; eye.] 1. (Med.) An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.
2. (Bot.) (a) The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed. Crabb. (b) A genus of plants, called also hardgrass.
||Æ"gis (&?;), n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. &?; a goat skin, a shield, &?; goat, or fr. &?; to rush.] A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
Æ*goph"o*ny (&?;), n. Same as Egophony.
||Æ*gro"tat (&?;), n. [L., he is sick.] (Camb. Univ.) A medical certificate that a student is ill.
Æ*ne"id (&?;), n. [L. Aeneis, Aeneidis, or -dos: cf. F. Énéde.] The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Æneas.
A*ë"ne*ous (&?;), a. [L. aëneus.] (Zoöl.) Colored like bronze.
Æ*o"li*an (&?;), a. [L. Aeolius, Gr. &?;.] 1. Of or pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; æolic; as, the Æolian dialect.
2. Pertaining to Æolus, the mythic god of the winds; pertaining to, or produced by, the wind; aërial.
Viewless forms the æolian organ play.
Campbell.
Æolian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the volume of sound, etc., by forcing a stream of air upon the strings. Moore. -- Æolian harp, Æolian lyre, a musical instrument consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings, on which the wind acts to produce the notes; - - usually placed at an open window. Moore. -- Æolian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early ecclesiastical modes.
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Æ*ol"ic (*l"k), a. [L. Aeolicus; Gr. A'ioliko`s.] Æolian, 1; as, the Æolic dialect; the Æolic mode.
{ Æ*ol"i*pile, Æ*ol"i*pyle } (&?;), n. [L. aeolipilae; Aeolus god of the winds + pila a ball, or Gr. &?; gate (i. e., doorway of Æolus); cf. F. éolipyle.] An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]
Such an apparatus was first described by Hero of Alexandria about 200 years b. c. It has often been called the first steam engine.
Æ`o*lo*trop"ic (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; changeful + &?; a turning, &?; to turn.] (Physics) Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic. Sir W. Thomson.
Æ`o*lot"ro*py (&?;), n. (Physics) Difference of quality or property in different directions.
||Æ"o*lus (&?;), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Gr. & Rom. Myth.) The god of the winds.
Æ"on (&?;), n. A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
Æ*o"ni*an (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;.] Eternal; everlasting. "Æonian hills." Tennyson.
||Æ`py*or"nis (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; high + &?; bird.] A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.
A"ër*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aërated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aërating (&?;).] [Cf. F. aérer. See Air, v. t.] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains.
Carlyle.