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<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>Having the light and a\'89rial tints true to nature.</def>

<i>Elmes.</i>

<h1>Aisle</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Aisle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>ele</ets>, F. <ets>aile</ets>, wing, wing of a building, L. <ets>ala</ets>, contr. fr. <ets>axilla</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three <i>aisles</i>, the middle <i>aisle</i>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Also (perhaps from confusion with <i>alley</i>), a passage into which the pews of a church open.</def>

<h1>Aisled</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Aisled</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with an aisle or aisles.</def>

<h1>Aisless</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Ais"less</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without an aisle.</def>

<h1>Ait</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Ait</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <?/, <?/, perh. dim. of <ets>\'c6eg</ets>, <ets>\'c6g</ets>, island. See <er>Eyot</er>.]</ety> <def>An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>ait</b> where the osiers grew. <i>R. Hodges (1649).</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Among green <b>aits</b> and meadows. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ait</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Ait</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Oat.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Aitch</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Aitch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The letter <i>h</i> or <i>H</i>.</def>

<h1>Aitchbone</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Aitch"bone`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>nachebone</ets>. For loss of <ets>n</ets>, cf. <er>Adder</er>. See <er>Natch</er>.]</ety> <def>The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>edgebone</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Aitiology</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>Ai`ti*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>\'92tiology</er>.</def>

<h1>Ajar</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>A*jar"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>on char</ets> ajar, on the turn; AS. <ets>cerr</ets>, <ets>cyrr</ets>, turn, akin to G. <ets>kehren</ets> to turn, and to D. <ets>akerre</ets>. See <er>Char</er>.]</ety> <def>Slightly turned or opened; <as>as, the door was standing <ex>ajar</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Ajar</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>A*jar"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>jar</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a state of discord; out of harmony; <as>as, he is <er>ajar</er> with the world</as>.</def>

<h1>Ajog</h1> <Xpage=35>

<hw>A*jog"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>jog</ets>.]</ety> <def>On the jog.</def>

<h1>Ajutage</h1> <Xpage=35>