Part 676

<hw>As*cet"i*cism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.</def>

<h1>Ascham</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As"cham</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From Roger <er>Ascham</er>, who was a great lover of archery.]</ety> <def>A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.</def>

<h1>Asci</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As"ci</hw>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>Ascus</er>.</def>

<h1>Ascian</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As"cian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the <i>Ascii</i>.</def>

<h1>Ascidian</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cid"i*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bladder, pouch.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an <tt>adj.</tt></def>

<h1>Ascidiarium</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cid`i*a"ri*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Ascidium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.</def>

<h1>Ascidiform</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cid"i*form</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a pouch + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Shaped like an ascidian.</def>

<h1>Ascidioidea</h1> <Xpage=87>

<hw>As*cid`i*oid"e*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>ascidium + -oid</ets>. See <er>Ascidium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

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<h1>Ascidiozooid</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As*cid`i*o*zo"oid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ascidium</ets> + <ets>zooid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See <er>Ascidioidea</er>.</def>

<h1>Ascidium</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As*cid"i*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ascidia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>ascus</ets>. See <er>Ascus</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <plu>pl.</plu> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.</def>

<h1>Ascigerous</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As*cig"er*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ascus</ets> + <ets>-gerous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having asci.</def>

<i>Loudon.</i>

<h1>Ascii, Ascians</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw><hw>As"ci*i</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As"cians</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ascii</ets>, pl. of <ets>ascius</ets>, Gr. <?/ without shadow; <?/ priv. + <?/ shadow.]</ety> <def>Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun.</def>

<h1>Ascites</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As*ci"tes</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/ disease), fr. <?/ bladder, belly.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A collection of serous fluid in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum.</def>