Part 272

<h1>Aiguille</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai`guille"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a needle. See <er>Aglet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A needle-shaped peak.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.</def>

<h1>Aiguillette</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai`guil*lette"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Aglet</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of the ornamental tags, cords, or loops on some military and naval uniforms.</def>

<h1>Aigulet</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai"gu*let</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Aglet</er>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Ail</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ail</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ailed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ailing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>eilen</ets>, <ets>ailen</ets>, AS. <ets>eglan</ets> to trouble, pain; akin to Goth. us-<ets>agljan</ets> to distress, <ets>agls</ets> troublesome, irksome, <ets>aglo</ets>, <ets>aglitha</ets>, pain, and prob. to E. <ets>awe</ets>. <?/.]</ety> <def>To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or affection, whose cause is unknown; <as>as, what <ex>ails</ex> the man? I know not what <ex>ails</ex> him</as>.</def>

<blockquote>What <b>aileth</b> thee, Hagar? <i>Gen. xxi. 17.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; It is never used to express a specific disease. We do not say, a fever <i>ails</i> him; but, something <i>ails</i> him.</note>

<h1>Ail</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ail</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be affected with pain or uneasiness of any sort; to be ill or indisposed or in trouble.</def>

<blockquote>When he <b>ails</b> ever so little . . . he is so peevish. <i>Richardson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ail</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ail</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Indisposition or morbid affection.</def>

<i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ailanthus</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai*lan"thus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Ailantus</er>.</def>

<h1>Ailantus</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai*lan"tus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>aylanto</ets>, i. e., tree of heaven, the name of the tree in the Moluccas.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di<?/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom.</def>

<h1>Ailette</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ai*lette</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ailette</ets>, dim. of <ets>aile</ets> wing, L. <ets>ala</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, -- being the prototype of the modern epaulet.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<h1>Ailment</h1> <Xpage=34>

<hw>Ail"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.</def> "Little <i>ailments</i>."