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Ait (&?;), n. [AS. &?;, &?;, perh. dim. of eg, g, island. See Eyot.] An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.

The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649).

Among green aits and meadows. Dickens.

Ait (&?;), n. Oat. [Scot.] Burns.

Aitch (&?;), n. The letter h or H.

Aitch"bone` (&?;), n. [For nachebone. For loss of n, cf. Adder. See Natch.] The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [Spelt also edgebone.]

Ai`ti*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. See Ætiology.

A*jar" (&?;), adv. [OE. on char ajar, on the turn; AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, akin to G. kehren to turn, and to D. akerre. See Char.] Slightly turned or opened; as, the door was standing ajar.

A*jar" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + jar.] In a state of discord; out of harmony; as, he is ajar with the world.

A*jog" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + jog.] On the jog.

Aj"u*tage (&?;), n. [F. ajutage, for ajoutage, fr. ajouter to add, LL. adjuxtare, fr. L. ad + juxta near to, nigh. Cf. Adjutage, Adjustage, Adjust.] A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain.

Ake (&?;), n. & v. See Ache.

A*kene" (&?;), n. (Bot.) Same as Achene.

Ak"e*ton (&?;), n. [Obs.] See Acton.

A*kim"bo (&?;), a. [Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo.] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. "With one arm akimbo." Irving.

A*kin" (&?;), a. [Pref. a- (for of) + kin.] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin.

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. "A joy akin to rapture." Cowper.

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey.

This adjective is used only after the noun.

||Ak`i*ne"si*a (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; quiescence; 'a priv. + &?; motion.] (Med.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement. Foster.

Ak`i*ne"sic (&?;), a. (Med.) Pertaining to akinesia.

A*knee" (&?;), adv. On the knee. [R.] Southey.

Ak*now" (&?;). Earlier form of Acknow. [Obs.]

To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.]

Al (&?;), a. All. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Al-. A prefix. (a) [AS. eal.] All; wholly; completely; as, almighty, almost. (b) [L. ad.] To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See Ad-. (c) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.

Al. conj. Although; if. [Obs.] See All, conj.

||A"la (&?;), n.; pl. Alæ (&?;). [L., a wing.] (Biol.) A winglike organ, or part.