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The island bore but a little ahead of us. Fielding.

2. Headlong; without restraint. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

To go ahead. (a) To go in advance. (b) To go on onward. (c) To push on in an enterprise. [Colloq] -- To get ahead of. (a) To get in advance of. (b) To surpass; to get the better of. [Colloq.]

A*heap" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + heap.] In a heap; huddled together. Hood.

A*height" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + height.] Aloft; on high. [Obs.] "Look up aheight." Shak.

A*hem" (&?;), interj. An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.

A*hey" (&?;), interj. Hey; ho.

A*high" (&?;), adv. On high. [Obs.] Shak.

A*hold" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + hold.] Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold. [Obs.] Shak.

A*horse"back (&?;), adv. On horseback.

Two suspicious fellows ahorseback. Smollet.

A*hoy" (&?;), interj. [OE. a, interj. + hoy.] (Naut.) A term used in hailing; as, "Ship ahoy."

||Ah"ri*man (&?;), n. [Per.] The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

||A"hu (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The Asiatic gazelle.

A*hull" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + hull.] (Naut.) With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

A*hun"gered (&?;), a. [Pref. a- + hungered.] Pinched with hunger; very hungry. C. Bronté.

A"i (&?;), n.; pl. Ais (&?;). [Braz. aï, haï, from the animal's cry: cf. F. aï.] (Zoöl.) The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.

||Ai"blins, A"blins (&?;), adv. [See Able.] Perhaps; possibly. [Scotch] Burns.

Aich's met"al (&?;). A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.

Aid (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aided (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Aiding.] [F. aider, OF. aidier, fr. L. adjutare to help, freq. of adjuvare to help; ad + juvare to help. Cf. Adjutant.] To support, either by furnishing strength or means in coöperation to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.

You speedy helpers . . . Appear and aid me in this enterprise. Shak.

Syn. -- To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve; befriend; coöperate; promote. See Help.

Aid, n. [F. aide, OF. aïde, aïe, fr. the verb. See Aid, v. t.] 1. Help; succor; assistance; relief.

An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam.

2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.

It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii. 6.

3. (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.

4. (Feudal Law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone.