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<hw>Aid"ant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>aidant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>aider</ets> to help.]</ety> <def>Helping; helpful; supplying aid.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Aid-de-camp</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aid"-de-camp`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Aids-de-camp</plw>. <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>aide de camp</ets> (literally) camp assistant.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.</def>

<h1>Aider</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aid"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, aids.</def>

<h1>Aidful</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aid"ful</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Helpful.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Aidless</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aid"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Helpless; without aid.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

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

<hw>Aid"-ma`jor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The adjutant of a regiment.</def>

<h1>Aiel</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai"el</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Ayle</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Aiglet</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Aig"let</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Aglet</er>.</def>

<h1>Aigre</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai"gre</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Eager</er>.]</ety> <def>Sour.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Aigremore</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai"gre*more</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. origin unknown.]</ety> <def>Charcoal prepared for making powder.</def>

<h1>Aigret, Aigrette</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw><hw>Ai"gret</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ai*grette</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a sort of white heron, with a tuft of feathers on its head; a tuft of feathers; dim. of the same word as <ets>heron</ets>. See <er>Heron</er>, and cf. <er>Egret</er>, <er>Egrette</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The small white European heron. See <er>Egret</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A plume or tuft for the head composed of feathers, or of gems, etc.</def>

<i>Prescott.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A tuft like that of the egret</def>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A feathery crown of seed; egret; <as>as, the <ex>aigrette</ex> or down of the dandelion or the thistle</as>.</def>