Part 186

<hw>Ad`or*na"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adornment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Adorner</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dorn"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>He who, or that which, adorns; a beautifier.</def>

<h1>Adorningly</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dorn"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By adorning; decoratively.</def>

<h1>Adornment</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dorn"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>adornement</ets>. See <er>Adorn</er>.]</ety> <def>An adorning; an ornament; a decoration.</def>

<h1>Adosculation</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>Ad*os"cu*la"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adosculari</ets>, <ets>adosculatum</ets>, to kiss. See <er>Osculate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Impregnation by external contact, without intromission.</def>

<h1>Adown</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*down"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>adun</ets>, <ets>adoun</ets>, <ets>adune</ets>. AS. <ets>of d</ets>\'d4<ets>ne</ets> off the hill. See <er>Down</er>.]</ety> <def>From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "Thrice did she sink <i>adown</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Adown</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*down"</hw>, <tt>prep.</tt> <def>Down.</def> <mark>[Archaic & Poetic]</mark>

<blockquote>Her hair <b>adown</b> her shoulders loosely lay displayed. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adpress</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>Ad*press"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adpressus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adprimere</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Appressed</er>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ad*pressed"</wf>, <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Adrad</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*drad"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[P. p. of <ets>adread</ets>.]</ety> <def>Put in dread; afraid.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Adragant</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>Ad"ra*gant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a corruption of <ets>tragacanth</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gum tragacanth.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Adread</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dread"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>andr\'91dan</ets>, <ets>ondr\'91</ets>; pref. <ets>a-</ets> (for <ets>and</ets> against) + <ets>dr\'91den</ets> to dread. See <er>Dread</er>.]</ety> <def>To dread.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Adreamed</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dreamed"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>Visited by a dream; -- used in the phrase, <i>To be adreamed</i>, to dream.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>