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A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland.

2. Dismay; consternation. [Archaic] Spenser.

3. The overpowering emotion excited when something unaccountable, wonderful, or dreadful is presented to the mind; an intense degree of surprise; amazement.

Lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment. Milton.

4. The object causing such an emotion.

Thou shalt become an astonishment. Deut. xxviii. 37.

Syn. -- Amazement; wonder; surprise.

As*ton"y (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Astonying. See Astone.] To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic]

The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney.

This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.

A*stoop" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + stoop.] In a stooping or inclined position. Gay.

As*tound" (&?;), a. [OE. astouned, astound, astoned, p. p. of astone. See Astone.] Stunned; astounded; astonished. [Archaic] Spenser.

Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound. As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott.

As*tound", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astounded, [Obs.] Astound; p. pr. & vb. n. Astounding.] [See Astound, a.] 1. To stun; to stupefy.

No puissant stroke his senses once astound. Fairfax.

2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear.

These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind. Milton.

As*tound"ing, a. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv.

As*tound"ment (&?;), n. Amazement. Coleridge.

As`tra*chan" (&?;), a. & n. See Astrakhan.

A*strad"dle (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + straddle.] In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.

As*træ"an (&?;), a. [Gr. &?; starry.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the genus Astræa or the family Astræidæ. -- n. A coral of the family Astræidæ; a star coral.

As"tra*gal (&?;), n. [L. astragalus, Gr. &?; the ankle bone, a molding in the capital of the Ionic column.] 1. (Arch.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.

2. (Gun.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.

As*trag"a*lar (&?;), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

As*trag"a*loid (&?;), a. [Astragalus + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling the astragalus in form.

As*trag"a*lo*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; ankle bone, die + -mancy.] Divination by means of small bones or dice.

||As*trag"a*lus (&?;), n. [L. See Astragal.] 1. (Anat.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.