Part 720

<hw>As*syr`i*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian arch\'91ology.</def>

<h1>Assyriology</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*syr`i*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Assyria</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.</def>

<h1>Assythment</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*syth"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From OF. <ets>aset</ets>, <ets>asez</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>enough</ets>. See <er>Assets</er>.]</ety> <def>Indemnification for injury; satisfaction.</def> <mark>[Chiefly in Scots law]</mark>

<h1>Astacus</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As"ta*cus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>astacus</ets> a crab, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See <er>Crawfish</er>.</def>

<h1>Astarboard</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>A*star"board</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.</def>

<h1>Astart</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>A*start"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Astert</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Astarte</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*tar"te</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a Ph\'d2nician goddess.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.</def>

<h1>Astate</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>A*state"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Estate; state.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Astatic</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>A*stat"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>static</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Magnetism)</fld> <def>Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered <i>astatic</i>, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction.</def>

<cs><col>Astatic pair</col> <fld>(Magnetism)</fld>, <cd>a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Astatically</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>A*stat"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an astatic manner.</def>

<h1>Astaticism</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>A*stat"i*cism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being astatic.</def>

<h1>Astay</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>A*stay"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An anchor is said to be <i>astay</i>, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.</def>

<h1>Asteism</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As"te*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ refined and witty talk, fr. <?/ of the town, polite, witty, fr. <?/ city: cf. F. <ets>ast\'82isme</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.</def>

<h1>Astel</h1> <Xpage=93>