Part 681

<h1>Ashore</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*shore"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>shore</ets>.]</ety> <def>On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to <i>aboard</i> or <i>afloat</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Here shall I die <b>ashore</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I must fetch his necessaries <b>ashore</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ashtoreth</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash"to*reth</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Ashtaroth</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <def>The principal female divinity of the Ph\'d2nicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity.</def>

<i>W. Smith.</i>

<h1>Ash Wednesday</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash` Wednes"day</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def>The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.</def>

<h1>Ashweed</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash"weed`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <ety>[A corruption of <ets>ache</ets>-weed; F. <ets>ache</ets>. So named from the likeness of its leaves to those of <ets>ache</ets> (celery).]</ety> <def>Goutweed.</def>

<h1>Ashy</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash"y</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Ashy pale</col>, <cd>pale as ashes.</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Asian</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A"sian</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Asianus</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, L. <ets>Asia</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic.</def> "<i>Asian</i> princes." <i>Jer. Taylor</i>. -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> An Asiatic.</def></def2>

<h1>Asiarch</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A"si*arch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Asiarcha</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ + <?/ ruler.]</ety> <def>One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.</def>

<i>Milner.</i>

<h1>Asiatic</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A`si*at"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Asiaticus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native, or one of the people, of Asia.</def></def2>

<h1>Asiaticism</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A`si*at"i*cism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.</def>

<h1>Aside</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*side"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>side</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.</def>