Part 748

<h1>Atrial</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A"tri*al</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to an atrium.</def>

<h1>Atrip</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A*trip"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>trip</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Just hove clear of the ground; -said of the anchor.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Sheeted home, hoisted taut up and ready for trimming; -- said of sails.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Hoisted up and ready to be swayed across; -- said of yards.</def>

<h1>Atrium</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A"tri*um</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Atria</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., the fore court of a Roman house.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See <er>Ascidioidea</er>.</def>

<h1>Atrocha</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At`ro*cha</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ priv. + <?/ a circle.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of ch\'91topod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.</def>

<h1>Atrocious</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A*tro"cious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>atrox</ets>, <ets>atrocis</ets>, cruel, fierce: cf. F. <ets>atroce</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Extremely heinous; full of enormous wickedness; <as>as, <ex>atrocious</ex> quilt or deeds</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Characterized by, or expressing, great atrocity, great atrocity.</def>

<blockquote>Revelations . . . so <b>atrocious</b> that nothing in history approaches them. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Very grievous or violent; terrible; <as>as, <ex>atrocious</ex> distempers</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cheyne.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Atrocious</er>, <er>Flagitious</er>, <er>Flagrant</er>.</syn> <usage> <i>Flagitious</i> points to an act as grossly wicked and vile; <as>as, a <ex>flagitious</ex> proposal</as>. <i>Flagrant</i> marks the vivid impression made upon the mind by something strikingly wrong or erroneous; as, a <i>flagrant</i> misrepresentation; a <i>flagrant</i> violation of duty. <i>Atrocious</i> represents the act as springing from a violent and savage spirit. If Lord Chatham, instead of saying "the <i>atrocious</i> crime of being a young man," had used either of the other two words, his irony would have lost all its point, in his celebrated reply to Sir Robert Walpole, as reported by Dr. Johnson.</usage>

-- <wordforms><wf>A*tro"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>A*tro"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Atrocity</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A*troc"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Atrocities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>atrocit\'82</ets>, L. <ets>atrocitas</ets>, fr. <ets>atrox</ets>, <ets>atrocis</ets>, cruel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Enormous wickedness; extreme heinousness or cruelty.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An atrocious or extremely cruel deed.</def>

<blockquote>The atrocities which attend a victory. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Atrophic</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>A*troph"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to atrophy.</def>

<h1>Atrophied</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ro*phied</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Affected with atrophy, as a tissue or organ; arrested in development at a very early stage; rudimentary.</def>

<h1>Atrophy</h1> <Xpage=97>

<hw>At"ro*phy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>atrophia</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ to nourish: cf. F. <ets>atrophie</ets>.]</ety> <def>A wasting away from want of nourishment; diminution in bulk or slow emaciation of the body or of any part.</def>