Part 732

<hw>As*tute"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>astutus</ets>, fr. <ets>astus</ets> craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. <ets>acute</ets>.]</ety> <def>Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty.</syn>

<wordforms><wf>As*tute"ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>As*tute"ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Astylar</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*sty"lar</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ pillar.]</ety> <fld>(arch.)</fld> <def>Without columns or pilasters.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Astyllen</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*styl"len</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.</def>

<h1>Asunder</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*sun"der</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>sunder</ets>.]</ety> <def>Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.</def>

<blockquote>I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it <b>asunder</b>. <i>Zech. xi. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As wide <b>asunder</b> as pole and pole. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Asura</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*su"ra</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.</def>

<h1>Aswail</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>As"wail</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The sloth bear (<spn>Melursus labiatus</spn>) of India.</def>

<h1>Asweve</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*sweve"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>aswebban</ets>; <ets>a + swebban</ets>. See <er>Sweven</er>.]</ety> <def>To stupefy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Aswing</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*swing"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a state of swinging.</def>

<h1>Aswoon</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*swoon"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a swoon.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Aswooned</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*swooned"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a swoon.</def>

<h1>Asylum</h1> <Xpage=95>

<hw>A*sy"lum</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Asylums</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Asyla</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>asylum</ets>, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ exempt from spoliation, inviolable; <?/ priv. + <?/ right of seizure.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.</def>