Part 834

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ayenward</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*yen"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Backward.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ayle</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ayle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ayel</ets>, <ets>aiel</ets>, OF. <ets>aiol</ets>, <ets>aiel</ets>, F. <ets>a\'8beul</ets>, a dim. of L. <ets>avus</ets> grandfather.]</ety> <def>A grandfather.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Writ of Ayle</col>, <cd>an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ayme</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ay"me`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ahi</ets> interj.]</ety> <def>The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me !" <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <er>Ay</er>, <i>interj</i>.</def> "<i>Aymees</i> and hearty heigh-hoes."

<i>J. Fletcher.</i>

<h1>Ayond</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*yond"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep. & adv.</tt> <def>Beyond.</def> <mark>[North of Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Ayont</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*yont"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep. & adv.</tt> <def>Beyond.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Ayrie, Ayry</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw><hw>A"y*rie</hw>, <hw>A"y*ry</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Aerie</er>.</def>

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Ayrshire</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Ayr"shire</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Agric.)</fld> <def>One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.</def>

<h1>Ayuntamiento</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*yun`ta*mi*en"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., fr. OSp. <ets>ayuntar</ets> to join.]</ety> <def>In Spain and Spanish America, a corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.</def>

<h1>Azalea</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*za"le*a</hw> <tt>(?; 97)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Azaleas</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ dry, -- so called because supposed to grow best in dry ground.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron.</def>

<h1>Azarole</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"a*role</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>azerole</ets>, the name of the fruit, fr. Ar. <ets>az-zo'r<?/r</ets>: cf. It. <ets>azzeruolo</ets>, Sp. <ets>acerolo</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The Neapolitan medlar <spn>(Crat\'91gus azarolus)</spn>, a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit.</def>

<h1>Azedarach</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*zed"a*rach</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>az\'82darac</ets>, Sp. <ets>acederaque</ets>, Pers. <ets>\'bez\'beddirakht</ets> noble tree.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A handsome Asiatic tree <spn>(Melia azedarach)</spn>, common in the southern United States; -- called also, <altname>Pride of India</altname>, <altname>Pride of China</altname>, and <altname>Bead tree</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic.</def>