Part 672

<h1>Asarabacca</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As`a*ra*bac"ca</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>asarum + bacca</ets> a berry. See <er>Asarone</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An acrid herbaceous plant (<spn>Asarum Europ\'91um</spn>), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.</def>

<h1>Asarone</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As"a*rone</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>asarum</ets> hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr. <?/]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the <spn>Asarum Europ\'91um</spn>; -- called also <altname>camphor of asarum</altname>.</def>

<h1>Asbestic</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*bes"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling asbestus; inconsumable; asbestine.</def>

<h1>Asbestiform</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*bes"ti*form</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>asbestus</ets> + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the form or structure of asbestus.</def>

<h1>Asbestine</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*bes"tine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to asbestus, or partaking of its nature; incombustible; asbestic.</def>

<h1>Asbestous</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*bes"tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Asbestic.</def>

<h1>Asbestus, Asbestos</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw><hw>As*bes"tus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As*bes"tos</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>asbestos</ets> (NL. <ets>asbestus</ets>) a kind of mineral unaffected by fire, Gr. <?/ (prop. an adj.) inextinguishable; <?/ priv. + <?/ to extinguish.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.</def>

<note>&hand; The finer varieties have been wrought into gloves and cloth which are incombustible. The cloth was formerly used as a shroud for dead bodies, and has been recommended for firemen's clothes. Asbestus in also employed in the manufacture of iron safes, for fireproof roofing, and for lampwicks. Some varieties are called <i>amianthus</i>.</note>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Asbolin</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As"bo*lin</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ soot.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.</def>

<h1>Ascarid</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As"ca*rid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ascarides</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> or <er>Ascarids</er></plu>. <ety>[NL. <ets>ascaris</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, <spn>Ascaris lumbricoides</spn>, often occurring in the human intestine and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm <spn>(Oxyuris)</spn>, often troublesome to children and aged persons.</def>

<h1>Ascend</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cend"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ascended</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ascending</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>ascendere</ets>; <ets>ad + scandere</ets> to climb, mount. See <er>Scan</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To move upward; to mount; to go up; to rise; -- opposed to <ant>descend</ant>.</def>

<blockquote>Higher yet that star <b>ascends</b>. <i>Bowring.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I <b>ascend</b> unto my father and your father. <i>John xx. 17.</i></blockquote>

<note>Formerly used with <i>up</i>.</note>

<blockquote>The smoke of it <b>ascended up</b> to heaven. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To rise, in a figurative sense; to proceed from an inferior to a superior degree, from mean to noble objects, from particulars to generals, from modern to ancient times, from one note to another more acute, etc.; <as>as, our inquiries <ex>ascend</ex> to the remotest antiquity; to <ex>ascend</ex> to our first progenitor.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- To rise; mount; climb; scale; soar; tower.</syn>