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At*tri"tion (&?;), n. [L. attritio: cf. F. attrition.] 1. The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.

Effected by attrition of the inward stomach. Arbuthnot.

2. The state of being worn. Johnson.

3. (Theol.) Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition. Wallis.

At"try (&?;), a. [See Atter.] Poisonous; malignant; malicious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

At*tune" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attuned (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Attuning.] [Pref. ad- + tune.]

1. To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp.

2. To arrange fitly; to make accordant.

Wake to energy each social aim, Attuned spontaneous to the will of Jove. Beattie.

A*twain" (&?;), adv. [OE. atwaine, atwinne; pref. a- + twain.] In twain; asunder. [Obs. or Poetic] "Cuts atwain the knots." Tennyson.

A*tween" (&?;), adv. or prep. [See Atwain, and cf. Between.] Between. [Archaic] Spenser. Tennyson.

A*twirl" (&?;), a. & adv. [Pref. a- + twist.] Twisted; distorted; awry. [R.] Halliwell.

A*twite" (&?;), v. t. [OE. attwyten, AS. ætwtan. See Twit.] To speak reproachfully of; to twit; to upbraid. [Obs.]

A*twixt" (&?;), adv. Betwixt. [Obs.] Spenser.

A*two" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + two.] In two; in twain; asunder. [Obs.] Chaucer.

{ A*typ"ic (&?;), A*typ"ic*al, } a. [Pref. a- not + typic, typical.] That has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type.

||Au`bade" (&?;), n. [F., fr. aube the dawn, fr. L. albus white.] An open air concert in the morning, as distinguished from an evening serenade; also, a pianoforte composition suggestive of morning. Grove.

The crowing cock . . . Sang his aubade with lusty voice and clear. Longfellow.

||Au`baine" (&?;), n. [F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere.] Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littré.

Droit d'aubaine (&?;), the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. Bouvier.

Aube (&?;), n. [See Ale.] An alb. [Obs.] Fuller.

||Au`berge" (&?;), n. [F.] An inn. Beau. & Fl.

||Au"bin (&?;), n. [F.] A broken gait of a horse, between an amble and a gallop; -- commonly called a Canterbury gallop.

Au"burn (&?;), a. [OE. auburne blonde, OF. alborne, auborne, fr. LL. alburnus whitish, fr. L. albus white. Cf. Alburn.] 1. Flaxen- colored. [Obs.] Florio.

2. Reddish brown.

His auburn locks on either shoulder flowed. Dryden.

||Au*che"ni*um (&?;), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; the neck.] (Zoöl.) The part of the neck nearest the back.

Auc"ta*ry (&?;), n. [L. auctarium.] That which is superadded; augmentation. [Obs.] Baxter.