ayenbite 
ayenbitet, " [ME., < ttycn, again, + bite (a 
translation of LL. remorttus, remorse) : see <i</in 
and Mte.J Remorse. [Tin- Ayenbitc of inwyt" 
(Remorse "t r.msciclicc) is the' title of il well-known nlil 
BngUlb religious work adapted fnun the French. | 
ayenee (ii-ye-ne'), n. [K. Ind.] Augili-wood 
(which see). 
ayenst, ayenstt, i-<-i>. Obsolete forms of 
aga/tatt, 
ayenwardt, '<< An obsolete form of </(- 
irni'il. 
ayenyeftet, [ME., < ayen, again, back, + 
i/ifli', gift : see (ii/uin and tjift."] A recompense. 
Ayculiiti- at' /inn/I. 
ay-green, aye-green (ii'gren), . [< 
qrccn. Cf. i'i-ii-</i->'<-n anil wmp 
iiouselrek, fii-ni/M-rriritiii tf<-tt<nnn. 
aygulett, An obsolete form of 
Kir. 
thot-a/o-dichlor-phcnol and ammonium bisulphite, ltdyes 
a brilliant red inclining to crimson. 
azarole (az'a-rol), . [Also (i :i'roli' ; < F. azn- 
roll , a;eruU'=: It. azzeruolii = Sp. nwnilo, <t:<irl<> 
= Pg. (iziiniln (NL. aztirnlitx), < Ar. n:-zu'riir, < 
al, the, + zu'riir, a/.arole.] The Neapolitan 
medlar, a species of thorn, (.'ratayu* A:arnl<i*, 
which bears a rather large, pleasant fruit. 
azedarach (a-sed'a-nkk), . [< F. a:fdarac = 
Sp. nci'daraque, prob. through Ar., < Pers. u;<id 
dirakltt, lit. free (noble) tree: azdd, free; di- 
rnklit, tree.] 1. An ornamental East Indian 
tree, Melia Azedarnrh, cultivated in southern 
Europe and America, and also known as li<'il- 
ti-i'f, pride of India, etc. See Melia. 2. A 
The drug, consisting of the bark of the root of the 
azedarach. It is an emetic and a cathartic, 
and is used as a vermifuge. 
aylet, ayelt, [< ME. <>/, ayH, < AF. ayle, aziam (az'iam), . [Russ. azyamu.] A full 
OF. aii'l, iiinl, F. iV-ii/ = Pr. arinl = Sp. nhin-- long outside garment, without plaits, made of 
lo = It. arold, < MJ. "at-ioliix, dim. n( arias, for a coarse gray cloth; at Astrakhan, a sheep- 
L. aniK, grandfather.] A grandfather. See skin coat covered with cloth. [Russian.] 
besayle. 
I am thin </</, ready at thy wille. 
Chaurer, Knight's Tale, 1. 1619. 
aylet (a'let), H. [Cf. ailrtte.~] Ill her., a bird 
represented as sable, beaked and legged gules. 
Also known as the sea-sicallow and as the 
azimuth (az'i-muth), . [< ME. azymuth, azimut, 
zimtitto, < Ar. as-sumut, < al, the, + sumut, pi. of 
samt, way or path, point or quarter of the horizon. 
From the same word is derived zenith, q. v.] In 
astron., an arc of the horizon intercepted be- 
tween the meridian of a place and the vertical 
aymantt, aymontt, . [< >K aymant, aimant circle passing through the center of a celestial 
= Pr. ayman, (i^iitutit, (Htinitin, < ML. *adiiHas -1.-;--^ mi ; A.I 1 !*:*.., i .,*-.......,..,;,-.. 
(adimant-), var. of L. aduntax (adamant-), ada- 
mant, diamond: see adamant, diamond.] Ada- 
mant ; a diamond, 
ayniet, interj. See ay me! under ay 2 . 
Aymees and hearty heigh-hoes 
Are sallads fit for soldiers. 
Fletcher, Bonduca, i. 2. 
aymerst, pi. Obsolete form of embers. 
aymontt, See aym/uit. 
ayni-wood (I'ni-wud), n. The timber of the 
Term i italia tomentosa, a combretaceous tree of 
southern India. 
ayont (a-yonf), prep. [So., = E. beyond, with 
prefix a- instead of be- : see beyond.'] Beyond. 
Some wee short hour ayvnt the twal. 
Burns, Death and Doctor Hornbook. 
ayr (ar), . [So., also air, < Icel. eyrr, mod. 
eyri, the gravelly bank of a river, a small tongue 
of land running into the sea (= Sw. or = Dan. 
iire, seen in place-names, as in Elsinore, Dan. 
Hel&ingor, Icel. as if * Melsingja-eyrr), < aurr, 
clay, mud, = Norw. aur = AS. edr, earth, 
Azimuth Compass. 
object. The azimuth and altitude of a star give 
its exact posi- 
tion in the sky. 
-Altitude and 
azimuth circle. 
See circfe. Azi- 
muth compass, 
a compass placed 
in some convenient 
part of a ship on the 
midship line, and 
provided with vanes, 
screws, and other 
apparatus for ob- 
serving the bearings 
of heavenly and ter- 
restrial objects. 
Azimuth dial, a 
dial whose style or 
gnomon is at right 
angles to the plane of the horizon. The shadow marks 
the sun's azimuth. Azimuth or vertical circles, great 
circles intersecting one another in the zenith and nadir, 
and cutting the horizon at right angles. Magnetic azi- 
muth, an arc of the horizon intercepted between the 
azimuth or vertical circle passing through the center of 
any heavenly body and the magnetic meridian. This is 
^_ ^ found by observing the object with an azimuth compass. 
ground, "used also as the name of the runic azimuthal (az'i-muth-al), a. [< azimuth + -al.) 
character for c.] An open sea-beach; a Pertaining to the azimuth ; used in taking azi- 
sand-bank. Also spelled air. [Scotch.] muths. 
ayrant (ar'ant), a. [Also eyrant, a ppr. form,.< azimuthally (az'i-muth-al-i), adv. In the man- 
ME. "aire, eyre, etc., aery: see aery 2 and -an* 1 .] ner of an azimuth ; in the direction of the azi- 
In her., seated on its nest or aery: said of a 
bird of prey when thus represented as a bearing. 
Ayr stone. See stone. 
ayuntamiento (a-yon*ta-mi-en'to), n. [Sp., < 
muth. 
Turning azimuthalty in either direction. 
Nature, XXX. 526. 
-t- 
OSp. ayuntar, < ML. "adjunctare, < ad, to, 
*junctare (> Sp. juntar, join), < L. jungere, pp. 
junctus, join : see join. Cf. junta.] In Spam 
and Spanish America, a corporation or body of 
magistrates in a city or town ; a town council, 
usually composed of alcaldes, regidors, and 
other municipal officers. 
ay-WOrdt (a'werd), n. [A form, appar. an error, 
appearing in some editions of Shakspere, spe- 
cifically in " Twelfth Night," ii. 3, where others 
give nayword, q. v.] A byword. 
az. In her., an abbreviation of azure. 
azale (a-zar),. [Appar. < azalea. Cf. azalein.'] 
A coloring matter obtained by extracting 
"madder-flowers" with wood-naphtha at a boil- 
ing temperature. It is no longer used. 
Azalea (a-za'le-a), n. [NL., < Or. dCa>Uof, dry 
(in allusion to'th'e dry habitat of the plant), < 
afeiv, dry up, parch.] 1. A genus of erica- 
ceous plants, now referred to Rhododendron. benzide. 
2. II. c.] A plant or flower belonging to this azobenzol (az-o-ben'zol), n. [<aro(te) + ben- 
genus. See Rhododendron. 3. [I.e.'] A name -oJ.l Same as azobenzene. 
of a species of plants of the genus Loiseleuria, azo-blue (az'o-bl8), . A coal-tar color used for 
the Alpine azalea, L. procunibens. dyeing cotton, and fast to soap and acids, it is 
azalein (a-za'le-in), n. [< azalea + -tn2.] Same a dark-blue powdersoluble in water, and is formed by the 
azo-. A curt form of azote in compounds. 
Azo-compound, a compound intermediate between a 
nitro- and an amido-compound, made from the former 
by partial reduction, or from the latter by partial oxida- 
tion : as, azobenzene, CH 5 N = N C 6 H 6 . Azo-dyes, 
a well-defined group of the coal-tar colors, all containing 
the diatomic group N = N , bound on either side to 
a benzene radical. They may be prepared by reduction of 
the nitro-compounds In alkaline solutions or by acting on 
diazo-compounds with phenols or amines of the aromatic 
series. Simple azo-compounds are for the most part 
brightly colored bodies ; but they are not coloring mat- 
ters, since they do not possess the property of combining 
with either acids or bases. The azo-dyes are the amido- 
or hydroxyl-derivatives of simple azo-compounds, and are 
distinguished as amidoazo- and oxyazo-dyes. In dyeing, 
the atnidoazo-dyes can either be used as such or in the 
form of their sulphonic acids, while the oxyazo-dyes 
nearly always contain sulpho-groups. 
azobenzene (az-o-ben'zen), . [< azo(te) + 
benzene.] A crystalline substance, (CgHs^^, 
obtained by the action of reducing agents upon 
nitrobenzene. Also called azobenzol and azo- 
actlon * 'tza-dUolyI chlorid on beta-naphthol-sulpho- 
(a-f en.l, ,,. Same as Cou- 
as n> aniline 
call^ $ii 
the crier from tbS minaet themosque. 
When their crier, a sinall wizeii-faced man, began the 
Azan, we received it with a shout of derision, and some, 
hastily matching up their weapons, offered him an oppor- 
tunlty of niiirtynlom. K. F. Burton, El-Medinah, p. 133. aZOgUB (Sp. pron. a-tho ga), w. [bp., = Pg. 
azarin (az'a-rin), n. A coal-tar color of the azougue, quicksilver, < Sp. Ar. azaouga, < Ar. 
aeo-gi'oup used in dyeing. It is applied only to cot- . < " l > the ' + ^ff' \ P . e - zhtwah < t l uick - 
ton, and is fairly fast to light. It is a compound of naph- Silver. Cf. assogue.] Quicksilver. 
, . ., [< azo(te) + 
crythrin.~] A coloring principle obtained from 
the archil of commerce. 
azotized 
All the different kinds of silver are rallnl lin MiAii-n] 
./."/">, or (juii:kilvcr. .SVi. .{,,I>T. (N. s.), L\ 1. I'f^i. 
azoic (a-zo'ik), a. [< Or. aC""f, lifeless, < a- 
priv. + C"'/, life, < C'"'", s'/ 1 '. live.] Destitute 
of organic life: in ijiol., applied to rocks which 
are destitute of any fossil remains or other 
evidence of the existence of life at the period 
of their deposition. The " azoic system 
!'..MIT and \\ hitncy ilii'ludi'H the stratillcd rocks, tngrlhrr 
with the associated uiiHtratined or massive ones, uliirh 
underiie unnmil'nniml'h . ur an- utlirrwise shown U> t>e 
older thiin, the- I'otsdam naadstune, "r the lowcnt K<'<'"\' 
i,I ro.'kH which has il]i to tin- present time been proved U) 
contain traces of a former organic life. 
The clreilue was sent down at each successive station, 
hut with very poor result ; and lr. Carpenter was driven 
to the condlisioti that tile Inittomof the Mediterranean at 
depths beyond a few hundred fathoms i nearly ai 
Sir C. H'. Tlmmxnn, Depths of the Sea, p. }'.!>. 
The enormously thick azoic slaty and other rocks, which 
constitute the Laurentian and Cambrian formations, may 
betoa great extent the nietanioi'plioseil products of Foia- 
miniferal life. Ilialrii, Anat. Invert., p. H-2. 
azolitmin (az-o-lit'min), n. [< azo(te) + litmus 
+ -i 2 .] A deep blood-red coloring matter ob- 
tained from litmus. 
azonic (a-zon'ik), a. |X Gr. fifuvoc, confined to 
no zone or region, < a- priv. + (,uvi/, a zone.] 
Not confined to any particular zone or region ; 
not local. Emerson. 
azoospermatism (a-zo-o-sp6r'ma-tizm), w. [< 
Gr. at,uo$, lifeless (see az'oic), + <7!rfp/ia(r-), seed, 
+ -i'sm.j Same as a:<i<ix//crnii. 
azodspermia (a-zo-o-sper'mi-a), n. [NL. : see 
(i:ooajiir>/iiitisin.~\ liipathol., loss or diminution 
of vitality of the spermatozoa, or their absence 
from the semen. 
azor (ii'zor), . A kind of beaver cloth, made 
in Styria, Austria. 
Azorian (a-zo'ri-an), a. and . [< Sp. Azores, 
Pg. Azores, so named from the abundance of 
hawks or buzzards there, < Sp. azor, Pg. acor, 
a hawk: see Astur and austringer.'] I. a. Be- 
longing or relating to the Azores, or to their 
inhabitants. 
U. n. A native or an inhabitant of the Azores, 
a group of islands situated in the Atlantic ocean 
about 800 miles west of Portugal, to which 
country they belong. 
azorite (az'o-rit), n. A mineral crystallizing 
in tetragonal crystals, found in a granitic rock 
in the Azores. Its chemical nature is doubtful ; 
it may be identical with zircon. 
azotatet (az'o-tat), . [< azot-ie + -ate i .'] A 
compound formed by the union of nitric or 
azotic acid with a base ; nitrate. 
azote (az'pt), . [= F. azote, < NL. azotum, < 
Gr. a- priv. + *for<Jc, assumed verbal adj. of 
f(j(v, var. of detv, fiyv, live.] A name formerly 
given to nitrogen, because it is unfit for respi- 
ration. 
Lavoisier suggested the propriety of giving to this foul 
kind of air (air robbed of its oxygen) the name of Azutf, 
... a name which it still retains in France, but which 
has been superseded elsewhere by the term Sitrogen. 
Huxley, Physiog., p. 79. 
azoted (az'o-ted), a. [< azote + -ed 2 .] Nitro- 
genized. 
As animals are fed on animal diet or on azoted sub- 
stances. Aitlcin, Med. Diet. (6th ed.), II. 1061. 
azotht (az'oth), n. [Also azot and azook; a cor- 
ruption of the Ar. original of azogue, q. v.] 1. 
In alchemy, mercury, as the assumed first prin- 
ciple of all metals. 2. The universal specific 
or panacea of Paracelsus. 
azotic (a-zot'ik), a. [< azote + -ic.] Pertain- 
ing to azote; fatal to animal life Azotic acid. 
Same as nitric acid. See nilric. Azotic gas, nitrogen, 
or nitrogen gas. 
azotide (az'o-tid or -tid), n. [< azote + -ide^.] 
An azotized' body. See azotized. 
azotin (az'o-tin), n. [< azote + -in2.] An ex- 
plosive compound consisting of 15.23 parts of 
carbon, 11.43 of sulphur, 69.05 of saltpeter, and 
4.29 of petroleum. 
azotise, azotised. See azotize, azotized. 
azotite (az'o-tit), n. [< azote + -fc2.] A salt 
formed by a combination of nitrous acid with a 
base : synonymous with nitrite. 
azotize (az'o-tiz), r. t. ; pret. and pp. azotized, 
ppr. azottziiiy. [< azote + -ize.~] To nitro- 
genize. Also spelled azotise. 
azotized (az'o-tizd), p. a. Imbued with azote 
or nitrogen. Also spelled azotised. 
It has been maintained, on the basis of carefully-con- 
ducted experiment*, . . . that the amount of work done 
by an animal may be greater than can he accounted for by 
the ultimate metamorphosis of the azotized constituents 
of its food. 
W. B. Carpenter, in Corr. and Conserv. of Forces, p. 431. 
Organic compounds which contain nitrogen are fre- 
quently termed azutwed substances. 
W. A. Miller, Elem. of Chem., SS9. 
