Part 682

<blockquote>Thou shalt set <b>aside</b> that which is full. <i>2 Kings iv. 4.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>But soft! but soft! <b>aside</b>: here comes the king. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The flames were blown <b>aside</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Out of one's thoughts; off; away; <as>as, to put <ex>aside</ex> gloomy thoughts</as>.</def> "Lay <i>aside</i> every weight."

<i>Heb. xii. 1.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>So as to be heard by others; privately.</def>

<blockquote>Then lords and ladies spake <b>aside</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To set aside</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>to annul or defeat the effect or operation of, by a subsequent decision of the same or of a superior tribunal; to declare of no authority; <as>as, to <ex>set aside<ex> a verdict or a judgment</as>.</cd></cs>

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

<hw>A*side"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Something spoken aside; <as>as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear</as>.</def>

<h1>Asilus</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*si"lus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a gadfly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of large and voracious two-winged flies, including the bee killer and robber fly.</def>

<h1>Asinego, Assinego</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw><hw>As`i*ne"go</hw>, <hw>As`si*ne"go</hw><hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>asnico</ets>, <ets>dim</ets>. <ets>of asno</ets> an ass.]</ety> <def>A stupid fellow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Asinine</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As"i*nine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>asininus</ets>, fr. <ets>asinus</ets> ass. See <er>Ass</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy.</def> "<i>Asinine</i> nature." <i>B. Jonson</i>. "<i>Asinine</i> feast." <i>Milton</i>.

<h1>Asininity</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As`i*nin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.</def>

<h1>Asiphonate</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*si"phon*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> An asiphonate mollusk.</def></def2>

<h1>Asiphonea, Asiphonata, Asiphonida</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw><hw>As`i*pho"ne*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*si`pho*na"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As`i*phon"i*da</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a tube.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks.</def>

<h1>Asitia</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*si"ti*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ food.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Want of appetite; loathing of food.</def>

<h1>Ask</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ask</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Asked</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Asking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>asken</ets>, <ets>ashen</ets>, <ets>axien</ets>, AS. <ets>\'bescian</ets>, <ets>\'becsian</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>\'c7sc\'d3n</ets>, OHG. <ets>eisc\'d3n</ets>, Sw. <ets>\'beska</ets>, Dan. <ets>\'91ske</ets>, D. <ets>eischen</ets>, G. <ets>heischen</ets>, Lith. <ets>j\'89sk\'a2ti</ets>, OSlav. <ets>iskati</ets> to seek, Skr. <ets>ish</ets> to desire. \'fb5.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with <i>of</i>, in the sense of <i>from</i>, before the person addressed.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ask</b> counsel, we pray thee, of God. <i>Judg. xviii. 5.</i></blockquote>