Part 269

<cs><col>To go ahead</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To go in advance.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To go on onward.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To push on in an enterprise.</cd> <mark>[Colloq]</mark> -- <col>To get ahead of</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To get in advance of.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To surpass; to get the better of.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Aheap</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*heap"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>heap</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a heap; huddled together.</def>

<i>Hood.</i>

<h1>Aheight</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*height"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>height</ets>.]</ety> <def>Aloft; on high.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Look up <i>aheight</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ahem</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*hem"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.</def>

<h1>Ahey</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*hey"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <def>Hey; ho.</def>

<h1>Ahigh</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*high"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>On high.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ahold</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*hold"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>hold</ets>.]</ety> <def>Near the wind; <as>as, to lay a ship <ex>ahold</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Ahorseback</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*horse"back</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>On horseback.</def>

<blockquote>Two suspicious fellows <b>ahorseback</b>. <i>Smollet.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ahoy</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*hoy"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[OE. a, interj. + <ets>hoy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A term used in hailing; <as>as, "Ship <ex>ahoy</ex></as>."</def>

<h1>Ahriman</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ah"ri*man</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per.]</ety> <def>The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to <i>Ormuzd</i>, the King of Light.</def>

<h1>Ahu</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A"hu</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Asiatic gazelle.</def>

<h1>Ahull</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*hull"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>hull</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See <er>Hull</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>