Part 740

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.</def>

<blockquote>All <b>athwart</b> there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Atilt</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>A*tilt"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>tilt</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust.</def> "To run <i>atilt</i> at men." <i>Hudibras</i>.

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. <note>[In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]</note></def>

<blockquote>Abroach, <b>atilt</b>, and run Even to the lees of honor. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Atimy</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>At"i*my</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ honor.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights.</def>

<i>Mitford.</i>

<h1>-ation</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>-a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[L. -<ets>ation</ets>em. See <er>-tion</er>.]</ety> <def>A suffix forming nouns of <i>action</i>, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -<i>ing</i>. It sometimes has the further meanings of <i>state</i>, and <i>that which</i> results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -<i>ate</i>; <as>as, alliter<ex>ate</ex> -<ex>ation</ex>, narr<ex>ate</ex> -<ex>ation</ex></as>; many are derived through the French; <as>as, alter<ex>ation</ex>, visit<ex>ation</ex></as></as>; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -<i>ize</i> (Fr. -<i>ise</i>); <as>as, civiliz<ex>ation</ex>, demoraliz<ex>ation</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>A-tiptoe</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>A-tip"toe</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.</def>

<blockquote>We all feel <b>a</b>-<b>tiptoe</b> with hope and confidence. <i>F. Harrison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Atlanta</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>At*lan"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See <er>Heteropod</er>.</def>

<h1>Atlantal</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>At*lan"tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Relating to the atlas.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Anterior; cephalic.</def>

<i>Barclay.</i>

<h1>Atlantean</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>At`lan*te"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Atlant<?/us</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or resembling, Atlas; strong.</def>

<blockquote>With <b>Atlantean</b> shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Atlantes</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>At*lan"tes</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, pl. of <?/. See <er>Atlas</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also <altname>telamones</altname>. See <er>Caryatides</er>.</def>

<i>Oxf. Gloss.</i>

<h1>Atlantic</h1> <Xpage=96>

<hw>At*lan"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Atlanticus</ets>, fr. <ets>Atlas</ets>. See <er>Atlas</er> and <er>Atlantes</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; <as>as, the <ex>Atlantic</ex> Ocean (called also <ex>the Atlantic</ex>); the <ex>Atlantic</ex> basin; the <ex>Atlantic</ex> telegraph.</as></def>