Part 828

<hw>Aw"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear.</def> "<i>Awless</i> insolence."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Inspiring no awe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The <i>awless</i> throne."

<i>Shak.</i> <altsp> [Written also <asp>aweless</asp>]</altsp>

<h1>Awlessness</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Aw"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being awless.</def>

<h1>Awl-shaped</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awl"-shaped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Shaped like an awl.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld> <def>Subulate. See <er>Subulate</er>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Awlwort</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awl"wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Awl</ets> + <ets>wort</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant <spn>(Subularia aquatica)</spn>, with awl-shaped leaves.</def>

<h1>Awm</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awm</hw> <tt>(?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Aam</er>.</def>

<h1>Awn</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>awn</ets>, <ets>agune</ets>, from Icel. <ets>\'94gn</ets>, pl. <ets>agnir</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>agn</ets>, Dan. <ets>avne</ets>, Goth. <ets>ahana</ets>, OHG. <ets>agana</ets>, G. <ets>agen</ets>, <ets>ahne</ets>, chaff, Gr. <?/, AS. <ets>egla</ets>; prob. from same root as E. <ets>acute</ets>. See 3d <er>Ear</er>. <?/1.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Awned</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Awning</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awn"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Origin uncertain: cf. F. <ets>auvent</ets> awing, or Pers. <ets>\'bewan</ets>, <ets>\'bewang</ets>, anything suspended, or LG. <ets>havening</ets> a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. <ets>haven</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>(Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.</def>

<h1>Awninged</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awn"inged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furnished with an awning.</def>

<h1>Awnless</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awn"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without awns or beard.</def>

<h1>Awny</h1> <Xpage=107>