His most frequent assailment was the headache.
Johnson.
As"sa*mar (&?;), n. [L. assare to roast + amarus, bitter.] (Chem.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.
As`sam*ese" (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Assam.
||As`sa*pan" (&?;), ||As`sa*pan"ic (&?;), n. [Prob. Indian name.] (Zoöl.) The American flying squirrel (Pteromys volucella).
As*sart" (s*särt"), n. [OF. essart the grubbing up of trees, fr. essarter to grub up or clear ground of bushes, shrubs, trees, etc., fr. LL. exartum, exartare, for exsaritare; L. ex + sarire, sarrire, saritum, to hoe, weed.] 1. (Old Law) The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. Spelman. Cowell.
2. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. Ash.
Assart land, forest land cleared of woods and brush.
As*sart", v. t. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees. Ashmole.
As*sas"sin (&?;), n. [F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. ‘hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by their chief.] One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
As*sas"sin, v. t. To assassinate. [Obs.] Stillingfleet.
As*sas"sin*ate (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating (&?;).] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated.
Dryden.
2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic]
Your rhymes assassinate our fame.
Dryden.
Such usage as your honorable lords
Afford me, assassinated and betrayed.
Milton.
Syn. -- To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.
As*sas"sin*ate (&?;), n. [F. assassinat.] 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.]
If I had made an assassinate upon your father.
B. Jonson.