Part 270

<h1>Ahungered</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A*hun"gered</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>hungered</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pinched with hunger; very hungry.</def>

<i>C. Bront\'82.</i>

<h1>Ai</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>A"i</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ais</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Braz. <ets>a\'8b</ets>, <ets>ha\'8b</ets>, from the animal's cry: cf. F. <ets>a\'8b</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The three-toed sloth <spn>(Bradypus tridactylus)</spn> of South America. See <er>Sloth</er>.</def>

<mhw><h1>Aiblins, Ablins</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai"blins</hw>, <hw>A"blins</hw> <tt>(#)</tt></mhw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Able</er>.]</ety> <def>Perhaps; possibly.</def> <mark>[Scotch]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Aich's metal</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aich's met"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.</def>

<h1>Aid</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Aided</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Aiding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>aider</ets>, OF. <ets>aidier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>adjutare</ets> to help, freq. of <ets>adjuvare</ets> to help; <ets>ad + juvare</ets> to help. Cf. <er>Adjutant</er>.]</ety> <def>To support, either by furnishing strength or means in co\'94peration to effect a purpose, or to prevent or to remove evil; to help; to assist.</def>

<blockquote>You speedy helpers . . . Appear and <b>aid</b> me in this enterprise. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To help; assist; support; sustain; succor; relieve; befriend; co\'94perate; promote. See <er>Help</er>.</syn>

<h1>Aid</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>aide</ets>, OF. <ets>a\'8bde</ets>, <ets>a\'8be</ets>, fr. the verb. See <er>Aid</er>, <ets>v. t</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Help; succor; assistance; relief.</def>

<blockquote>An unconstitutional mode of obtaining <b>aid</b>. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant.</def>

<blockquote>It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an <b>aid</b> like unto himself. <i>Tobit viii. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld> <def>A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Feudal Law)</fld> <def>A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; <as>as, a general's <ex>aid</ex></as>.</def>

<cs><col>Aid prayer</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent interest in the matter in suit.</cd> -- <col>To pray in aid</col>, <cd>to beseech and claim such assistance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Aidance</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aid"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>aidance</ets>.]</ety> <def>Aid.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Aidance</b> 'gainst the enemy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aidant</h1> <Xpage=34>